crab

Noun

• a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
  • he caught a crab and lost the race
    

• a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

• the edible flesh of any of various crabs

• the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

• a quarrelsome grouch

• decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

Verb

• complain
  • What was he hollering about?
    

• fish for crab

• scurry sideways like a crab

• direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crab louse , pubic louse , Phthirius pubis , crabmeat , Cancer , Cancer the Crab , Crab , crabby person , gripe , bitch , grouse , beef , squawk , bellyache , holler