Synonyms for crab
kræbcrab

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1. crabnoun

   decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers

   Synonyms:
   pubic louse, crabby person, crabmeat, crab louse

2. crab, crabby personnoun

   a quarrelsome grouch

   Synonyms:
   pubic louse, crabby person, crabmeat, crab louse

3. Cancer, Crabnoun

   (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

   Synonyms:
   crab louse, malignant neoplastic disease, crabby person, crabmeat, genus Cancer, pubic louse

4. Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crabnoun

   the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

   Synonyms:
   crab louse, malignant neoplastic disease, crabby person, crabmeat, genus Cancer, pubic louse

5. crab, crabmeatnoun

   the edible flesh of any of various crabs

   Synonyms:
   pubic louse, crabby person, crabmeat, crab louse

6. crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubisnoun

   a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body

   Synonyms:
   pubic louse, crabmeat, crabby person, crab louse

7. crabverb

   a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply

   "he caught a crab and lost the race"

   Synonyms:
   pubic louse, crabby person, crabmeat, crab louse

8. crabverb

   direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind

   Synonyms:
   grouse, bellyache, bitch, gripe, beef, holler, squawk

9. crabverb

   scurry sideways like a crab

   Synonyms:
   grouse, bellyache, bitch, gripe, beef, holler, squawk

10. crabverb

    fish for crab

    Synonyms:
    grouse, bellyache, bitch, gripe, beef, holler, squawk

11. gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, hollerverb

    complain

    "What was he hollering about?"

    Synonyms:
    bitch, screak, shout, grouse, holler out, backbite, hollo, skreigh, skreak, shout out, squawk, gripe, bellyache, holler, yell, call, beef, scream, cry, squall, screech

Matched Categories

1. • Astrology
   • Aviation
   • Decapod Crustacean
   • Fish
   • Louse
   • Person
   • Scurry
   • Sign
   • Steer

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1. crabnoun

   Synonyms:
   crustacean, mollusk

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1. List of paraphrases for "crab":

   prawn, crabe, crabs

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1. Crabber Brian Kesby:

   I just pulled the crab pots and it was just sitting on top, then the other one I found was inside it. There were a lot of kids swimming around there ... people need to be careful.

2. Kathryn Kegel:

   They are big hunters of crab, clams, scallops, things like that.

3. This Easter , D’Silva:

   Singapore is a lot more than chili crab and chicken rice. It’s a lot, lot more than that, if you have an opportunity to go to a restaurant that serves Singapore’s heritage cuisine, go, because it’s mind-blowing : the flavor, the ingredients. Everything about it.

4. Charles M. Schulz:

   Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.

5. Jim Donahue of UniSea:

   Only king crab caught in Alaska can legally be called Alaskan king crab, the same species harvested in Russia or Norway is commonly called king crab in the U.S. market. In turn, only king crab caught in Russia could be legally called Russian king crab.