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[Noun] | "crab" | \ ˈkrab \

1: any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans:

2: any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers

3: any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling true crabs in the more or less reduced condition of the abdomen

Origin: before 12th century ;

Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz crab and perhaps to Old English ceorfan to carve {mat|carve|};

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[Noun] | "crab"

1: crab apple

Origin: 14th century ;

Middle English crabbe, perhaps from crabbe {see: |crab:1|crab:1};

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[Noun] | "crab"

1: an ill-tempered person : grouch

Origin: 1580 ;

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[Noun] | "crab apple"

1: any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of the cultivated apple and that produce small sour fruit; also : the fruit

Origin: 1680 ;

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[Noun] | "crab-eat*ing macaque"

1: a macaque (Macaca fascicularis) of southeastern Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines that sometimes feeds on marine crustaceans and shellfish and is often used in medical research —called also cynomolgus monkey, long-tailed macaque

Origin: 1898 ;

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[Noun] | "crab louse"

1: a sucking louse (Pthirus pubis) infesting the pubic region of the human body

Origin: 1547 ;

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[Noun] | "crab rangoon"

1: a dish consisting of deep-fried wontons filled with a mixture of crab meat and cream cheese

Origin: 1956 ;

After Rangoon ({see: |yangon|Yangon:g}), Burma;

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[Noun] | "crab spider"

1: any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that resemble crabs in shape and in being able to walk forward, backward, and sideways

Origin: 1855 ;

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[Verb] | "crab"

1: to fish for crabs

2: to move sideways indirectly or diagonally

3: to crab an airplane

Origin: 1657 ;

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[Verb] | "crab"

1: to make sullen : sour

2: to complain about peevishly

3: spoil, ruin

Origin: 1662 ;

Middle English crabben, probably back-formation from crabbed;

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[Noun] | "crab"

1: an irritable and complaining person;

* e.g., " ... you're always such a crab in the morning! "

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[Verb] | "crab"

1: to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely;

* e.g., " ... their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip "

Antonyms :
crow,
delight,
rejoice

2: to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of;

* e.g., " ... crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding "

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[Verb] | "catch"

1: to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly;

* e.g., " ... we tried to catch the kitten before she could sneak out the door "

Antonyms :
miss

2: to become affected with (a disease or disorder);

* e.g., " ... you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot "

3: to bring (something) to a standstill;

* e.g., " ... I caught myself just as I was about to step into the freshly poured concrete "

Antonyms :
miss

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[Verb] | "fiddle"

1: to make jerky or restless movements;

* e.g., " ... the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin "

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2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;

* e.g., " ... conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive "

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[Verb] | "fiddle (around)"

1: to spend time in aimless activity;

* e.g., " ... we spent the snow day just fiddling around "

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[Verb] | "fiddle (with)"

1: to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously;

* e.g., " ... I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system "

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