as in bears
an irritable and complaining person
you're always such a crab in the morning!
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as in complains
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip
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as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding
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Recent Examples of crabs
Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The crabs, by the way, were real (though not alive).
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Wellness seekers can retreat to the spa for signature treatments like the Awakening Bamboo Massage, or head out on Nature Encounters—cruising with dolphins, birding at Big Talbot Island State Park, or even helping a marine biologist pull a Seine net to catch crabs and shrimps.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Ivy relishes the opportunity to serve crabs to the occasional local or two three nights a week.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
The simple island life of caves, crabs, lizards, wild boar and no running water is upended with the arrival of de Armas’ Baroness Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn who threatens to build an exclusive hotel.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
If crabs can do it, what’s going on with human beings?
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The feces revealed that crabs and finfish were the staples of otter diets, making up 93 percent of all prey items based on the DNA analysis.
—Laura Baisas Aug 14, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
Researchers said the female crabs caught on quickly, recognizing that Wavy Dave wasn’t the same as the other male crabs from which they were used to getting attention.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
Who’s going to climb over all the other crabs and inevitably kill them in order to survive?
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The crabs, by the way, were real (though not alive).
—EW.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Wellness seekers can retreat to the spa for signature treatments like the Awakening Bamboo Massage, or head out on Nature Encounters—cruising with dolphins, birding at Big Talbot Island State Park, or even helping a marine biologist pull a Seine net to catch crabs and shrimps.
—Cassidy Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Ivy relishes the opportunity to serve crabs to the occasional local or two three nights a week.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
The simple island life of caves, crabs, lizards, wild boar and no running water is upended with the arrival of de Armas’ Baroness Eloise Bosquet de Wagner Wehrhorn who threatens to build an exclusive hotel.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2025
If crabs can do it, what’s going on with human beings?
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
The feces revealed that crabs and finfish were the staples of otter diets, making up 93 percent of all prey items based on the DNA analysis.
—Laura Baisas Aug 14, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2025
Researchers said the female crabs caught on quickly, recognizing that Wavy Dave wasn’t the same as the other male crabs from which they were used to getting attention.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crabs
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The single-elimination tournament is held as hibernating bears reach peak fat after a summer-long effort.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The number of Apple bears just got smaller.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Roman complains about pain in his feet, and Dennis offers him a foot massage.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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Next morning at breakfast Amby complains grandly of his soreness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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This interaction damages skin cells and can trigger irritation, redness, stinging or burning.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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If the power outage is specific to your home, say a lightning strike damages your electrical system, things change.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For Bear, the new arrangement is great about 99 percent of the time… the only drawback is that Nikki occasionally snaps back into her old self and screams in utter terror for a few seconds, before resuming the love-bombing.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Nothing screams summer like corn on the cob, simply buttered and salted.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This is an inflammatory condition in which swelling injures the optic nerve, disrupting the transmission of visual information from the eye to the brain.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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One speaker there who expressed support for trans athletes in girls' sports suggested that McNabb's injury shouldn't be used to justify banning males from girls' volleyball, and that any female athlete who injures an opponent should also be banned in that case.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The danger for Streeting, who is widely seen as a possible successor to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is that the row hurts the wider economy.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 Sep. 2025
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Mamdani is just a much better politician than Bush, as his entire agenda speaks to the affordability crisis that disproportionately hurts Black voters.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Framed as cranks more than reasonable critics, the #FSGOut contingent have penetrated rather than defined the conversation around Liverpool since FSG took control in late 2010.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Plus, the human longevity field is notorious for cranks, unproven supplements and fly-by-night clinics.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Crabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crabs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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