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
Katie Rife, EW.com, 11 May 2025
The team saw tube worms, mussels, crabs, fish and other animals swimming around the vent.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 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
The first season focuses on Asia, where street food is a way of life and tourists and locals alike wait in long lines to try local specialties like Thai crab omelets and Japanese okonomiyaki.
—Katie Rife, EW.com, 11 May 2025
The team saw tube worms, mussels, crabs, fish and other animals swimming around the vent.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 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
Noun
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Only bears in human-bear coexistence landscapes showed this nocturnal shift.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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There are steps people can take to help prevent a bear encounter from becoming a bear attack.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
Verb
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The firing after a nearly 30-year run appeared to surprise Starkey, after reports that Daltrey was not happy with the drummer’s performance at a March Royal Albert Hall gig, complaining from stage that Starkey’s loud playing was throwing him off.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
27 May 2025
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Many complain about a lack of tort reform, unrestricted attorney advertising or litigation funding, all of which contribute significantly to the scam.—
Robert Tyson,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Verb
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The fire began on the third floor, severely damaging the entire level, while water damage affected the floors below.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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In addition to direct contact, Toxoplasma may also damage sperm because the infection promotes chronic inflammation.—
Bill Sullivan,
The Conversation,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Heard screamed and dropped to the ground with the knife beside him.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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After 'tremendous commotion,' Cassie screamed, 'Isn't anybody seeing this?' Some of the most compelling testimony has come from former Combs former personal assistant, George Kaplan.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
Verb
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At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in the attacks.—
Jackie Northam,
NPR,
26 May 2025
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Several people were injured in a boat crash in the Hamptons on Sunday night, and the boat’s captain was arrested for boating under the influence, police said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
Noun
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This old-fashioned instrument relied on a hand crank, as well as an outside metal canister that contained ice and rock salt to freeze its contents of milk, cream, sugar, and mix-ins.—
Joey Skladany,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
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Still, Fauci proved willing, with time, to accept off-road researchers as collaborators, not cranks.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
Verb
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In a similar lawsuit launched in March against Trump’s reorganization of the Department of Education, Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers whined that Trump’s plan could lead to block grants to the states, some even allowing the money to go for private school vouchers.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2025
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Many comments on that post feel McIlroy is whining, but that does not seem to be the case.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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However, relatively decent growth fueled by Putin's record military spending has been marred by inflation and a worker shortage impacted by those fleeing the draft and troop losses in Ukraine as experts warn of longer terms problems for the economy.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
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Lynch’s first winter as CEO was marred by long lift lines and employee shortages driven by COVID-19.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
27 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crab. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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