crab
Definitions
Noun
- Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- A quarrelsome grouch
- (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in cancer
- The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about june 21 to july 22
- The edible flesh of any of various crabs
- A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
Verb
- Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- Scurry sideways like a crab
- Fish for crab
- Complain
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Term
Definitions: 11
Fragments: 15
Sound Alikes: 3
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
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This Word in the News:
'They're pinching': Catching 2,000 land crabs draws crowd at final day of Malesso’ Crab Festival
Mar 15, 2026 guampdn.com
Mar 15, 2026 guampdn.com
Crabs are cannibalizing one another with surprising rapacity in parts of the Chesapeake Bay
Mar 16, 2026 Scientific American
Mar 16, 2026 Scientific American