CRAB

Definition:

1. [noun] decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
   
   
2. [noun] a quarrelsome grouch
   Synonyms: by person
   
   
3. [noun] (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
   Synonyms: Cancer, Crab
   
   
4. [noun] the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
   Synonyms: Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab
   
   
5. [noun] the edible flesh of any of various crabs
   Synonyms: meat
   
   
6. [noun] infests the pubic region of the human body
   Synonyms: louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis
   
   
7. [noun] a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
   
   
8. [verb] direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
   
   
9. [verb] scurry sideways like a crab
   
   
10. [verb] fish for crab
    
    
11. [verb] complain; "What was he hollering about?"
    Synonyms: gripe, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler
    
    

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Related Words:

• stone crab, Menippe mercenaria
• hard-shell crab
• soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab
• Dungeness crab, Cancer magister
• rock crab, Cancer irroratus
• Jonah crab, Cancer borealis
• swimming crab
• fiddler crab
• pea crab
• king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica
• spider crab
• blue crab
• crab legs
• soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab
• Japanese crab
• Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab
• Dungeness crab
• stone crab

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