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crab

The English word “crab” has 35 meanings listed here.

  1. The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
  2. Various other animals that resemble true crabs:
  3. Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
  4. A horseshoe crab.
  5. A bad-tempered person.
  6. An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
  7. Ellipsis of crab angle.
  8. A playing card with the rank of three.
  9. A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
  10. A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
  11. An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
  12. On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
  13. A member of the Crips.
  14. To fish for crabs.
  15. To ruin.
  16. To complain.
  17. To complain about.
  18. To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
  19. To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
  20. To move (a camera) sideways.
  21. To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
  22. To fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
  23. To back out of something.
  24. To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
  25. The crab apple or wild apple.
  26. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
  27. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
  28. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
  29. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
  30. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
  31. To irritate, make surly or sour
  32. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
  33. To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
  34. To offend or insult.
  35. The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
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