Crab

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb

English

Etymology

From Middle English crabbe , from Old English crabba .

Noun

crab (crabs )

1. A type of crustacean with ten legs and eye stalks, famous for walking sideways
2. A grumpy person

Translations

• Dutch: krab

  rapu

• Frisian: krab
• Hebrew: סַרְטַן m

  yengeç

Verb

to crab

1. to fish for crabs
2. to complain
3. to navigate an aircraft (e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course, as in the motion of crab (walking sideways)
4. (rare) to back out of something