Definition of crab

Overview of noun crab

The noun crab has 7 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) crab

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

2. crab, crabby person

(a quarrelsome grouch)

3. Cancer, Crab

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

4. Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab

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

5. crab, crabmeat

(the edible flesh of any of various crabs)

6. crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis

(a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body)

7. crab

(a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race")

Overview of verb crab

The verb crab has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. crab

(direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind)

2. crab

(scurry sideways like a crab)

3. crab

(fish for crab)

4. gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

(complain; "What was he hollering about?")