crab (n.)

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

  2. a quarrelsome grouch

    [ Syn: crabby person ]

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

    [ Syn: cancer , crab ]

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

    [ Syn: cancer , cancer the crab , crab ]

  5. the edible flesh of any of various crabs

    [ Syn: crabmeat ]

  6. a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

    [ Syn: crab louse , pubic louse , phthirius pubis ]

  7. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; he caught a crab and lost the race'

    crab (v.)

  1. direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

  2. scurry sideways like a crab

  3. fish for crab

  4. complain; What was he hollering about?

    [ Syn: gripe , bitch , grouse , beef , squawk , bellyache , holler ]

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