as in bear
an irritable and complaining person
you're always such a crab in the morning!
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1
as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip
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2
as in to damage
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding
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Recent Examples of crab
Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The exception may be the size of the potato gnocchi, husky rectangles of creamy potato dumplings in a lemon butter sauce, circling jumbo lump crab morsels dappled with chives.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Capuchin monkeys patrolled the canopy, which climbed as high as 130 feet, and crabs the color of traffic cones scuttled over roots.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The veteran crab fisherman got candid about the dangerous decisions he's made at sea, including one call driven by ego that nearly cost him everything.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The exception may be the size of the potato gnocchi, husky rectangles of creamy potato dumplings in a lemon butter sauce, circling jumbo lump crab morsels dappled with chives.
—Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
There’s also the option to embark on a river safari, or go fishing and crabbing along the tidal creeks with local anglers.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Capuchin monkeys patrolled the canopy, which climbed as high as 130 feet, and crabs the color of traffic cones scuttled over roots.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crab
Noun
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Hunters also got the OK to kill bears over a bait or feed station, a tactic forbidden in the last hunt, in 2015.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Aug. 2025
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One bear is allowed per permit, and the wildlife commission must be notified within 24 hours of a bear being taken.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Consumers have complained that stores feel less distinctive, private labels have multiplied to the point of confusion, and online shopping options lag those of competitors.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Trump has long complained about absentee voting, since before the COVID-19 pandemic that shut down many in-person events.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Hailey has an even rarer type of the illness, an extreme form of hemophilia B. That means bleeding inside his body could damage organs or tissue and quickly put his life at risk.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Aug. 2025
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Referee Mario Escobar had added four minutes of extra time, but let the clock run nearly seven minutes as Miami players and coaches screamed and pointed to the scoreboard.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
21 Aug. 2025
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The crocodile was seen scurrying along and whipping its tail while onlookers screamed and shouted behind the camera, per a clip shared by news and video agency, ViralPress.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After hearing more cries for help, searchers found the missing climber, who had been injured, at 4:16 a.m.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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With Ter Stegen injured and the returning Wojciech Szczesny not yet registered either, having signed a new contract in July after his initial short-term from last September expired.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The two go together: the unhurried, inevitable motion that keeps placing new posts in front of your eyeballs, and the bodies inching forward as if by the turning of a crank.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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There's German engineering at its heart courtesy of a Brose TF Sprinter mid-mount motor for efficient power at the crank, producing 90 Nm (66 lb.ft) of torque to help attack inclines.—
Paul Ridden
July 23,
New Atlas,
23 July 2025
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The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sales exceptions seem to be backlist dystopian fiction and books by and for the fascists, that is, right-wing memoir and culture war whining.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Boston comes in with three straight losses marring otherwise agreeable vibes.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Many worried that the marshy western shore of the borough had been forever marred.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crab. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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