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
Taryn White, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Start your meal with a basket of mini crab cakes, then pick an under-the-sea entrée ranging from jerked tuna tacos to a North Carolina shrimp burger to a seafood platter with your choice of shrimp, scallops, flounder, clam strips, catfish, chicken tenders, or crab cakes.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
The 21-foot white Bayliner reportedly had six occupants — three adults and three juveniles — and had been crabbing off of Bodega.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Menu items include short rib tacos, Maryland crab guacamole and hot stone Wagyu.
—Taryn White, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Start your meal with a basket of mini crab cakes, then pick an under-the-sea entrée ranging from jerked tuna tacos to a North Carolina shrimp burger to a seafood platter with your choice of shrimp, scallops, flounder, clam strips, catfish, chicken tenders, or crab cakes.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
The 2020 crabbing season was officially set to begin Dec. 23, but price negotiations between crab fleets and seafood processors delayed the start until early January 2021.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
The 21-foot white Bayliner reportedly had six occupants — three adults and three juveniles — and had been crabbing off of Bodega.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crab
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Meanwhile, in California, the logo is a golden bear with a star in the middle and in Texas, the Real ID is a golden circle with a white star at the top right corner.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2025
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Despite initially remaining hot on the man's heels for a moment, the bear eventually gave up the chase.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
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During a ski vacation in the seventh episode, Ginny complains that Nick is not being fully present with her friends.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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One Truist customer complained on DownDetector that their rent payment has been pending since Thursday evening.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Tyler Adams, the distillery's general manager, says Buffalo Trace has weathered storms before, including a campus-wide flood in 1978 and tornado speed winds damaging multiple buildings in 2006.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
3 May 2025
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Suspicious Package Detonated in ‘Controlled Explosion’ Outside U.S. Embassy in London, Say Police Photos from the blast show several storefronts and vehicles damaged from the impact, with the windows blown off.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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People could be heard screaming and crying in the video, which appeared to show several people injured on the ground and baggage strewn about, as first responders attended to the scene.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Her lawyers and family members also celebrated by screaming and hugging each other, per a video from the courtroom.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
3 May 2025
Verb
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After years of lawsuits and courtroom drama, director Joel Souza (who was also injured in the incident) finished the movie (now in theaters and on demand).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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The driver of the pickup truck that was involved was not injured.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Grinding plate: The grinding plate is attached to the crank.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Now came the machines—the gig mills with their cold metal rollers and the shearing frames that needed just one man turning a crank, like an organ grinder playing a funeral march for an entire way of life.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Maybe if the teen had whined less, viewers wouldn't have yearned to see her get eaten by some Hellmouth beast.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Megan Michelson is an Outside contributing editor who loves long drives, even when her two children are whining in the backseat.—
Megan Michelson,
Outside Online,
26 Feb. 2025
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Sadly, the price of an alternative school was too high, and she was forced to send her children to public schools marred by gang violence and bullying.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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Oracle has struggled with a thorny, years-long EHR rollout with the Department of Veterans Affairs, marred by patient safety concerns.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crab. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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