| crab | (noun) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | - |
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| (noun) decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers | - |
| (noun) a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | Synonyms: crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse |
| (noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crabmeat |
| (noun) a quarrelsome grouch | Synonyms: crabby person |
| (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| (verb) fish for crab | - |
| (verb) scurry sideways like a crab | - |
| (verb) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind | - |
| crabapple | (noun) small sour apple; suitable for preserving | Synonyms: crab apple |
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| (noun) any of numerous wild apple trees usually with small acidic fruit | Synonyms: crab apple, wild apple |
| (noun) any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms | Synonyms: crab apple, cultivated crab apple |
| crabbed | (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
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| crabbedness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbiness, crossness |
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| crabbiness | (noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered | Synonyms: crabbedness, crossness |
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| crabby | (adjective) annoyed and irritable | Synonyms: bad-tempered, crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered |
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| crabgrass | (noun) grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns | Synonyms: crab grass, finger grass |
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| crabmeat | (noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crab |
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| crabs | (noun) infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice | Synonyms: pediculosis pubis |
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| crabwise | (adjective) (of movement) at an angle | Synonyms: sideways |
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