crab
6 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
crabs
plural
crabs
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRAB
1
a
[count]
:
a sea animal that has a hard shell, eight legs, and two large claws
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see color picture on this page;
see also hermit crab, king crab
b
[noncount]
:
the meat of a crab eaten as food
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We had crab for dinner.
2
crabs
[plural]
medical
:
a medical problem in which very small insects (called lice) live in the hair surrounding a person's sexual organs
3
[count]
US, informal
:
an unhappy person who complains a lot
:
grouch
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I don't know why she's been such a crab lately.
2
crab
/ˈkræb/
verb
crabs;
crabbed;
crabbing
2
crab
/ˈkræb/
verb
crabs;
crabbed;
crabbing
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRAB
[no object]
1
:
to catch or try to catch crabs
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We crabbed in the bay on Saturday.
2
US, informal
:
to complain about something in a way that annoys people
-
He's been crabbing about the weather all afternoon.
— crabbing
noun [noncount]-
We went crabbing in the bay on Saturday.
-
I'm tired of listening to his crabbing about the weather.
