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Crab

/kɹæb/

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

📖 Definitions of "Crab"

noun
  1. 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. 2

    The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat

  3. 3

    A bad-tempered person.

  4. 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."

verb
  1. 1

    To fish for crabs.

  2. 2

    To ruin.

  3. 3

    To complain.

  4. 4

    To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).

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