crabs

/kɹæbz/

noun

1
A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
2
The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
3
A bad-tempered person.
4
(in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
“Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.”
5
A playing card with the rank of three.
6
A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
7
A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
8
An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.

1
To fish for crabs.
2
To ruin.
3
To complain.
4
To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
5
To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
6
To move (a camera) sideways.
7
(World War I), 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.
8
To back out of something.

1
The crab apple or wild apple.
2
The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
3
A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
4
A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
5
A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
6
A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
7
A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

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