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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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