crab in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
crab in Telugu తెలుగు
crab in English
- crab⇄crab (1), noun, verb, crabbed,crabbing.
- crab⇄crab (2), noun. crab apple (applied to either the fruit or the tree).
- Crab⇄Crab, noun.
Cancer, a constellation of the zodiac. The Crab is the 4th sign of the zodiac. - crab⇄expr. catch a crab, to make a faulty stroke in rowing.
Ex. A boat upset ... because one of the rowers caught a crab (London Times). - crab⇄expr. crabs, a losing throw, such as two aces, in the game of hazard.
Ex. My ... neighbor ... called for fresh dice, and selected two of them with the utmost care only to throw crabs (Whyte Melville). - crab⇄noun 1. a broad, flat crustacean with eight legs and two claws. The small abdomen or the tail of a crab is folded under. Many kinds of crabs are good to eat.
2. any one of various similar animals, such as the hermit crab, coconut crab, and king cr - crab⇄v.i. 1. to catch crabs for eating.
2. (Informal.) to find fault; criticize; complain.
Ex. Don't crab so much. The man who ran the luncheonette where I ate did nothing but ... crab about the noise we made (New Yorker).
3. to turn an ai - crab⇄v.t. 1. to turn (an airplane) slightly slantwise into a cross wind, to compensate for drift.
2. (of hawks) to seize or claw (each other).
3. (Informal.)
a. to interfere with; spoil.
Ex. to crab someone's act, crab a deal.