Definition of crab

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  • crab is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • crab is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • crab is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of crab

  • a quarrelsome grouch (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crabby person
  • a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crab louse
    2. phthirius pubis
    3. pubic louse
  • the edible flesh of any of various crabs (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. crabmeat
  • complain (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. beef
    2. bellyache
    3. bitch
    4. gripe
    5. grouse
    6. holler
    7. squawk
  • the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cancer
    2. cancer the crab
  • (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cancer
  • a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply (noun)

    Examples

    1. he caught a crab and lost the race
  • decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers (noun)
  • direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind (verb)
  • fish for crab (verb)
  • scurry sideways like a crab (verb)

See definition of crab in Merriam Webster