as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
that sweet little girl turns into a real crosspatch when she's hungry
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Noun
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The crab shirt, and right, Barney's smiling reaction.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025 -
These ranged from more than 30 new breakfast items and dishes like soft shell crab tempura bao buns in Red Ginger.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2025
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Other items found were various burglary tools, such as handheld radios, face masks, headlamps, window punch devices, cans of bear mace, narcotics, a money counter, and multiple cell phones, police said.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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The bear scratched and bit him, and now the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is searching for it.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
26 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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“Crosspatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crosspatch. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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