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crabber
crab 1 C0715500 (krăb)n.1. a. Any of various chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, having a hard carapace that covers a broad flattened cephalothorax with a small abdomen tucked beneath it, and an anterior pair of legs that are large and pincerlike.b. Any of various similar decapod crustaceans, such as a hermit crab or a king crab.c. Crabmeat.2. a. A crab louse.b. crabs Slang Infestation by crab lice.3. The maneuvering of an aircraft partially into a crosswind to compensate for drift.4. A machine for handling or hoisting heavy weights.v. crabbed, crab·bing, crabs v.intr.1. To hunt or catch crabs.2. To scurry sideways in the manner of a crab.3. To drift diagonally or sideways, especially when under tow.4. To direct an aircraft into a crosswind.v.tr.1. To direct (an aircraft) partly into a crosswind to eliminate drift.2. To cause to move or scurry sideways.Idiom: catch a crab To make a faulty stroke in rowing that causes the blade of the oar to strike the water on the recovery stroke.
[Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]
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crab 2 C0715500 (krăb)n.1. A crabapple tree or its fruit.2. A quarrelsome, ill-tempered person.v. crabbed, crab·bing, crabs v.intr. Informal To find fault; criticize someone or something.v.tr.1. Informal To interfere with and ruin; spoil.2. Informal To find fault with; complain about.3. To make ill-tempered or sullen.
[Middle English crabbe, possibly from crabbe, crab (shellfish); see crab1.]
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Crab C0715500 (krăb)n. See Cancer.crabber (ˈkræbə) n1. (Fishing) a crab fisherman2. (Fishing) a boat used for crab-fishingTranslationsEncyclopediaSeecrab |