crab
noun
1. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
Definition categories: animal, decapod
2. a quarrelsome grouch
Definition categories: person, churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump
3. (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Similar word(s): cancer
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
4. the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
Similar word(s): cancer
Definition categories: location
5. the edible flesh of any of various crabs
Similar word(s): crabmeat
Definition categories: food, shellfish
6. a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
Definition categories: animal, louse
7. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
- he caught a crab and lost the race
Definition categories: act, row, rowing
Sentences with crab as a noun:
- Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.
verb
1. direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
Definition categories: motion, channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
2. scurry sideways like a crab
Definition categories: motion, scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter
3. fish for crab
Definition categories: competition, fish
4. complain
Similar word(s): beef, bellyache, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk
Definition categories: communication, complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch