crab

Meanings

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

Synonyms

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