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crab

[ UK /kɹˈæb/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹæb/ ]
NOUN
  1. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  2. a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
  3. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
    he caught a crab and lost the race
  4. a quarrelsome grouch
  5. the edible flesh of any of various crabs
VERB
  1. scurry sideways like a crab
  2. fish for crab
  3. complain
    What was he hollering about?
  4. direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

How To Use crab In A Sentence

  • After Colette left he cleared his throat and looked through a newspaper, his long fingers scrabbling a bit at the pages.
  • Spider crabs stalked the seabed; wrasse, blennies, shannies and rockling darted over the reefs, and pollack wheeled overhead.
  • Convenience is, however, in all affairs of life, an execrable test of value.
  • The Blonde had the doracha seekh, a combination of chicken and crab flakes chargrilled in the tandoor oven and served with a piquant mango and avocado chutney, at £7.50.
  • A dried-out horseshoe crab is a delicate thing and there's no way it would survive the flight in my checked baggage. Horseshoe Crabs and the TSA
  • Shrimp, crab, and a variety of fish are harvested from the ocean.
  • Scrabble to its list of more commonplace activity holidays, such as painting and gardening. Times, Sunday Times
  • The crab nebula is the remnant from a supernova explosion 1054. High Energy Neutrinos from Cosmos
  • The 'light' canapés include a crab salad, rose veal tartare and partridge escabeche. Times, Sunday Times
  • Crab apples were used, as were sloes, rose hips and rowan berries.
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