Crab

What do we mean by crab?

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. noun

Any of various similar decapod crustaceans, such as a hermit crab or a king crab. noun

Crabmeat. noun

A crab louse. noun

Infestation by crab lice. noun

The maneuvering of an aircraft partially into a crosswind to compensate for drift. noun

A machine for handling or hoisting heavy weights. noun

To hunt or catch crabs. intransitive verb

To scurry sideways in the manner of a crab. intransitive verb

To drift diagonally or sideways, especially when under tow. intransitive verb

To direct an aircraft into a crosswind. intransitive verb

To direct (an aircraft) partly into a crosswind to eliminate drift. intransitive verb

To cause to move or scurry sideways. intransitive verb

(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. idiom

A crabapple tree or its fruit. noun

A quarrelsome, ill-tempered person. noun

To find fault; criticize someone or something. intransitive verb

To interfere with and ruin; spoil. intransitive verb

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat

A bad-tempered person.

(in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

A playing card with the rank of three.

A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.

A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.

An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.

Crab: A strange creature with weak body armour and has a funny walk. It looks dangerous because it has weapons on the end of its foremost arms but these can easily be overcome by common sense. It can't read, write or talk properly because it is a crustacean.... Does that sound anything like the vast majority of authors for the definition of "Crab", and the ones to whom they apply their definitions?? Urban Dictionary

An insulting term to crips, mostly used by us bloods Urban Dictionary

When you are rowing and your shaft gets stuck in the water causing the oar to stay in place. basically get hit by the oar when you catch a crab. Crabs can range from small hits that don't hurt much to an ejection crab were you are shot out of the boat. Urban Dictionary

Insult toward crip gangmembers; derives from Blood gangmemers Urban Dictionary

A professional hanger that NEVER has any loot to contribute to the party. A party parasite. Urban Dictionary

Offensive term for Crips Urban Dictionary

A person who brings other people down with them. Urban Dictionary

¢rips respe¢t all bloods Urban Dictionary

Derogatory term for crip gang members usually made by blood members like myself Urban Dictionary

243 4 life ATL still livin....5 popin 6 droppin all day every day.. fucking crips respect all blood ....sooo respect all us bloods crab ass niggas Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to crab:
crab.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word crab:
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Words that rhyme with crab:
dab, lab, tab, grab, fab, slab, drab, cab, jab, gab, stab, scab, nab, ab, ahab, flab, rab, mab, bab, taxicab, punjab, prefab, biology lab, glab, knab, olive drab, rhabdom, crabbe, prab, hansom cab, nabb, tabb, crabb, science lab, krabbe, type ab, group ab, chemistry lab, babb, bio lab, line of gab, sand dab, chem lab, labbe, rabb, mcnab, sabb, russet scab, abdom, fast of ab, ninth of ab, physics lab, mcnabb, macnab, minilab, corn dab, fermilab, wheat scab, golab, grabbe, colab, ecolab, eyelab, genelab, goodtab, knabb, kuttab, movielab, schab, spacehab, stereolab, unilab, vailab.

Adjectives that are often used to describe crab:
blue, horseshoe, small, little, large, hermit, common, old, red, giant, edible, green, female, wild, young, shell, fresh, male, soft, live, big, huge, shelled, tiny, freshwater, japanese, dead, pea, chinese, mangrove, black, siberian, poor, cracked, dungeness, sea, water, fiddler, porcelain, cooked, marine, alaskan, land, shore, boiled, european, enormous, hairy, deviled, roasted, largest, gigantic, purple, terrestrial, tanner, atlantic, juvenile, sour, stuffed, smaller, clawed, sponge, sized, fried, brown, commensal, blind, legged, yellow, xanthid, occasional, raw, golden, tinned, pelagic, coral, spiny.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective crab:
apple, apples, tree, grass, louse, lice, pots, soup, nebula, meat, trees, shells, holes, pot, legs, fashion, claws, fish, cakes, eaters, spiders, walk, shell, hole, eater, claw, catchers, spider, catching, stick, salad, stock, fishing, catcher, season, cake, canning, eating, nets, stuffed, traps, canon, stocks, mixture, boat, trap, leg, hunting, bait, burrows, orchard, oil, cheese, wood, girl, organs, fishermen, walking, boil, antics, formality, crawl, sauce, fishery, plovers, crystals, angle, brown, flower, blossom, boats, nerve, cry, lizard, plover, vintage, mill, processing, island, back, gumbo, sidling, backs, dog, harrisii, sticks, crossing, creatures, blossoms, flakes, picking, bisque, barbarians.

Consonant match to crab:
crib, crabbe, cribb, crabb, krabbe, krob, craib.

Words that sound like crab:
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