Crab
nounkræb
Noun
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
“he caught a crab and lost the race”
Type of:RowRowinga quarrelsome grouch
Type of:CrankGrumpGroucha louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
Type of:Lousethe edible flesh of any of various crabs
Similar:CrabmeatType of:Shellfish(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
Similar:CancerType of:SomeoneIndividualMortalthe fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
Similar:Cancerdecapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
Type of:Decapod
Verb
complain
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
Type of:ChanneliseSteerPointfish for crab
Type of:Fishscurry sideways like a crab
Type of:ScurryScuttleScamper
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