Definition of Crab

Noun: crab  krab

1. Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
    
2. A quarrelsome grouch
   - crabby person
    
3. The edible flesh of any of various crabs
   - crabmeat
    
4. A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
   - crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis
    
5. A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
   "he caught a crab and lost the race"

Verb: crab (crabbed,crabbing)  krab

1. (air travel) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
    
2. Scurry sideways like a crab
    
3. Fish for crab
    
4. Complain
   "What was he crabbing about?";
   - gripe, bitch, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

Noun: Crab

1. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
   - Cancer
    
2. The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
   - Cancer, Cancer the Crab

See also:
craals
crabapple

Anagrams containing the word crab

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