Noun
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a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
"he caught a crab and lost the race"
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a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- crab louse - pubic louse - phthirius pubis -
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
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the fourth sign of the zodiac
the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
- cancer the crab -
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
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a quarrelsome grouch
- crabby person -
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
Verb
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complain
"What was he hollering about?"
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fish for crab
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scurry sideways like a crab
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direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind