From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
1. The act or art of catching crabs.
2. (Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other.
3. (Woolen Manuf.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}]
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}]
5: the edible flesh of any of various crabs [syn: {crabmeat}]
6: 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"
verb
1: direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
2: scurry sideways like a crab
4: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: {gripe}, {grouse}, {beef}, {squawk}, {bellyache}, {holler}] [also: {crabbing}, {crabbed}]
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