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crab

noun
  1. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
    “You caught a crab and lost the race.”
  2. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
  3. a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
    crab lousepubic louse
  4. the edible flesh of any of various crabs
    crabmeat
  5. a quarrelsome grouch
verb
  1. to complain
    “The children crabbed about the lack of comfortable seats.”
    grousebitchbeefhollergripesquawkbellyache
  2. to fish for crab
    “I sat on the dock and crabbed for the whole afternoon.”
  3. to scurry sideways like a crab
    “We crabbed around in gym class.”
  4. to direct an aircraft into a crosswind