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"Crab" Definition
noun
A crab apple tree or its fruit.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A crab louse.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A horseshoe crab.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A machine for handling or hoisting heavy weights.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A quarrelsome, ill-tempered person.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Informal To find fault with; complain about.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Informal To interfere with and ruin; spoil.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To cause to move or scurry sideways.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To direct (an aircraft) partly into a crosswind to eliminate drift.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To make ill-tempered or sullen.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
Informal To find fault; criticize someone or something.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To direct an aircraft into a crosswind.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To drift diagonally or sideways, especially when under tow.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To hunt or catch crabs.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To scurry sideways in the manner of a crab.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To fish for.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To move sideways indirectly or diagonally.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To crab an airplane.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To scuttle or scurry sideways.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to move sideways or in an indirect or diagonal manner.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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