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crab

Definition

  • noun: a sea animal that has a hard shell, eight legs, and two large claws
  • noun: any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans
  • verb: to fish for 'crabs'
  • verb: to catch or try to catch crabs
  • synonyms: crabstick, embitter, sour

Examples

  • I'm tired of listening to his 'crabbing' about the weather.

  • He's been 'crabbing' about the weather all afternoon.

  • I don't know why she's been such a 'crab' lately.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Gonna run all day till the running's done Gonna run all day till the running's done Ho Chi Minh is a son of a bitch Ho Chi Minh is a son of a bitch Got the blue balls, crabs And the seven-year itch Got the blue balls, crabs And the seven-year itch Left, right, left, right, left. Your left shoulder. (..)
    1987 Full Metal Jacket