What does CRAB mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crabnoun

    decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

  2. crab, crabby personnoun

    a quarrelsome grouch

  3. Cancer, Crabnoun

    (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

  4. Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crabnoun

    the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

  5. crab, crabmeatnoun

    the edible flesh of any of various crabs

  6. crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubisnoun

    a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

  7. crabverb

    a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

    "he caught a crab and lost the race"

  8. crabverb

    direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

  9. crabverb

    scurry sideways like a crab

  10. crabverb

    fish for crab

  11. gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, hollerverb

    complain

    "What was he hollering about?"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Crabadjective

    It is used by way of contempt for any sour or degenerate fruit; as, a crab cherry, a crab plum.

    Better gleanings their worn soil can boast,
    Than the crab vintage of the neighb’ring coast. Dryden.

  2. CRABnoun

    Etymology: crabba, Sax. krabbe, Dutch.

    Those that cast their shell are, the lobster, the crab, the crawfish, the hodmandod or dodman, and the tortoise. The old shells are never found; so as it is like they scale off and crumble away by degrees. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    The fox catches crab fish with his tail, which Olaus Magnus saith he himself was an eye-witness of. William Derham.

    Noble stock
    Was graft with crab- tree slip, whose fruit thou art. William Shakespeare.

    Fetch me a dozen crab- tree staves, and strong ones: these are but switches. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
    Then nightly sings the staring owl. William Shakespeare.

    Imagine you see him laid forth, newly slain, upon a bier of crab- tree and oaken rods. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

    Let him tell why a graft, taking nourishment from a crab stock, shall have a fruit more noble than its nurse and parent. Jeremy Taylor, Rule of Living Holy.

    Philips.

    Then parts the Twins and Crab, the Dog divides,
    And Argo’s keel, that broke the frothy tides. Thomas Creech, Manil.

Wikipedia

  1. Crab

    Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. (Brachyura means "short tail" in Greek.) They live in all the world's oceans, in freshwater, and on land, are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton, and have a single pair of pincers. They first appeared during the Jurassic Period.

ChatGPT

  1. crab

    A crab is a type of marine arthropod with a broad, flat body covered by a hard exoskeleton, two large claws, and four pairs of walking legs. It is known for its ability to walk sideways. Crabs are mostly found in saltwater but some types also live in freshwater and on land. They are categorized under the crustacean family, one of the largest groups in the animal kingdom. Crabs are also a popular seafood delicacy for humans.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crabnoun

    one of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body

  2. Crabnoun

    the zodiacal constellation Cancer

  3. Crabadjective

    a crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste

  4. Crabadjective

    a cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick

  5. Crabadjective

    a movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc

  6. Crabadjective

    a form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc

  7. Crabadjective

    a machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn

  8. Crabadjective

    a claw for anchoring a portable machine

  9. Crabverb

    to make sour or morose; to embitter

  10. Crabverb

    to beat with a crabstick

  11. Crabverb

    to drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel

  12. Crabadjective

    sour; rough; austere

  13. Etymology: [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.]

Wikidata

  1. Crab

    Crabs are decapod crustaceans living in any of the world's oceans, in fresh water, or on land, generally covered with a thick exoskeleton and armed with a single pair of claws. True crabs belong to the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail", or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax. Many other animals with similar names – such as hermit crabs, king crabs, porcelain crabs, horseshoe crabs and crab lice – are not true crabs.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Crab

    krab, n. a popular name applied to any of the short-tailed division of decapod crustaceans: a sign in the zodiac: a portable winch: a sour-tempered person: the lowest throw at hazard—two aces.—adj. Crabb′ed, ill-natured: harsh: rough: difficult, perplexing.—adv. Crabb′edly.—n. Crabb′edness.—adj. Crab′-faced, having a sour, peevish countenance.—n. Crab′ite, a fossil crab or crayfish.—adj. Crab′-like, moving like a crab.—n. Crab′-louse, a crab-shaped louse infesting the hair of the pubis, &c.—n.pl. Crab's′-eyes, the scarlet seeds of an East Indian bead-tree: a concretion of carbonate of lime in the stomach of the cray-fish.—v.i. Crab′-sī′dle, to go sideways like a crab.—n.pl. Crab′-yaws, a name applied to the tumours of frambœsia on the soles and palms.—Catch a crab, in rowing, to sink the oar too deeply in the water: to miss the water altogether in making the stroke. [A.S. crabba; Ger. krabbe.]

  2. Crab

    krab, Crab-apple, krab′-ap-l, n. a wild bitter apple.—ns. Crab′-stick, a stick made out of the crab-tree; Crab′-tree, the tree that bears crab-apples.—adj. like a crab-tree, crooked. [Perh. conn. with Crabbed.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. crab

    A wooden pillar, the lower end of which being let down through a ship's decks, rests upon a socket like the capstan, and having in its upper end three or four holes at different heights, long oars are thrust through them, each acting like two levers. It is employed to wind in the cable, or any other weighty matter. Also, a portable wooden or cast-iron machine, fitted with wheels and pinions similar to those of a winch, of use in loading and discharging timber-vessels, &c.--The crab with three claws, is used to launch ships, and to heave them into the dock, or off the key.--To catch a crab. To pull an oar too light or too deep in the water; to miss time in rowing. This derisive phrase for a false stroke may have been derived from the Italian chiappar un gragno, to express the same action.

Rap Dictionary

  1. crabnoun

    crab crab is a slanderous name for Crips used by Bloods meaning Crips Really Are Bloods. 2. Scratching technique

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CRAB in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CRAB in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of CRAB in a Sentence

  1. Javier Luque:

    We started looking at these fossils and we found they had what looked like the eyes of a larva, the mouth of a shrimp, claws of a frog crab, and the carapace of a lobster, we have an idea of what a typical crab looks like — and these new fossils break all those rules.

  2. John Minadakis:

    I’ve had men women who depend on the crab industry reach out to let me know they appreciate our efforts and stand with us. Commercial crabbers from the Eastern Shore, crab pickers from Crisfield, hospitality industry employees, and everyone in between! They’ve expressed to me that their weekly paycheck depends on the outcome of this attack, and wish to help in any manner they can, as a small business, we know we are outgunned by PETA’s blank check book, but we will not back down in the face of tyranny.

  3. Guy Fieri:

    It just started to snow up there so my little guy, Ryder, is pretty excited, we always cook Dungeness crab in some form, like cioppino, on Christmas Eve.

  4. Javier Luque:

    Callichimaera perplexa is so unique and strange that it can be considered the platypus of the crab world, usually we think of crabs as big animals with broad carapaces, strong claws, small eyes in long eyestalks, and a small tail tucked under the body. Well, Callichimaera defies all of these' crabby' features and forces a rethink of our definition of what makes a crab a crab.

  5. Francesco Agopyan:

    It has the typical sweetness of a crab, combined with a sapid, savory flavor due to the saltiness of the lagoon waters, it is a very popular dish, especially among Venetians but also by others. It's a special dish.

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