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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A bad-tempered person.
  • in plural '''crabs'''|informal An infestation of pubic lice.
  • Short for carabiner.
  • slang A playing card with the rank of three.
  • The crab apple or wild apple.
  • The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
  • The tree species Carapa guianensis, native of South America.
  • zoology A crustacean of the infraorder ''Brachyura'', having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.

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Verb:

  • intransitive To complain.
  • (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
  • obsolete In World War 1, 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.
  • intransitive (''by analogy with the movement of a crab'') To move sideways of an aircraft, such as a glider.
  • intransitive To fish for crabs.
  • (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
  • rare To back out of something.
  • To be ill-tempered
  • transitive (''by analogy with the movement of a crab'') To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.

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