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crab
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /k?æb/, enPR: kr?b
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
From Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba (“crab; crayfish; cancer”), from Proto-West Germanic *krabb?, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from *krabb?n? (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *grob?- (“scratch, claw at”), a variant of *gereb?-. More at carve.
Noun
crab (countable and uncountable, plural crabs)
- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
- A bad-tempered person.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (uncountable, aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116
- -- "I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging." -- "I wouldn't mind," said Philip. -- "It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very pleasant place." There was something in the secretary's manner that puzzled Philip. It was a little doubtful. -- "What's the crab in it?" he asked.
- 1940, Horace Annesley Vachell, Little Tyrannies
- Arrested by the low price of another “desirable residence”, I asked “What's the crab?” The agent assured me that there was no crab. I fell in love with this house at sight. Happily, I discovered that it was reputed to be haunted.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116
- (dated) An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
- 1844, Albert Henry Payne, Payne's universum, or pictorial world (page 99)
- […] the unsold copies may be returned to the original publisher , at a period fixed upon between Christmas and Easter; these returned copies are technically called krebse or crabs, probably, from their walking backwards. […] A says to B, "I have had eight thousand dollars' worth of your publications, three thousand were crabs, that makes five thousand."
- 1892, The Publishers Weekly (volume 41, page 709)
- […] unsold copies and settling the yearly accounts; while for the publisher begins the much dreaded season of "crabs," as […]
- 1844, Albert Henry Payne, Payne's universum, or pictorial world (page 99)
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
crab (third-person singular simple present crabs, present participle crabbing, simple past and past participle crabbed)
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 224:
- ‘Just so we understand each other,’ he said after a pause. ‘If you crab this case, you'll be in a jam.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 224:
- (intransitive) To complain.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ham. Nav. Encyc to this entry?)
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- 1997, Paul Kriwaczek, Documentary for the Small Screen (page 109)
- If panning is not easy to make seem natural, crabbing the camera is even less like any action we perform with our eyes in the real world. There are a few circumstances in which we walk sideways: […]
- 1997, Paul Kriwaczek, Documentary for the Small Screen (page 109)
- (obsolete, World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
- (rare) To back out of something.
Derived terms
- crabber
- crabbing
Etymology 2
From Middle English crabbe (“wild apple”), of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic, cognate with Swedish dialect scrabba.
Noun
crab (plural crabs)
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 2 scene 2
- I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow;
- And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 2 scene 2
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Garrick to this entry?)
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
Synonyms
- (crab apple): crab apple
- (tree): crab apple
Derived terms
Verb
crab (third-person singular simple present crabs, present participle crabbing, simple past and past participle crabbed)
- (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (Can we find and add a quotation of J. Fletcher to this entry?)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Possibly a corruption of the genus name Carapa
Noun
crab (plural crabs)
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
Derived terms
- crab-nut
- crab oil
Etymology 4
From carabiner.
Noun
crab (plural crabs)
- (informal) Short for carabiner.
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
- Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language. International Edition. combined with Britannica World Language Dictionary. Chicago-London etc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., 1965.
Anagrams
- BRAC, RBAC, carb, carb-, cbar
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English crabba.
Noun
crab
- Alternative form of crabbe (“crab”)
Etymology 2
Of Germanic origin, plausibly from North Germanic.
Noun
crab
- Alternative form of crabbe (“crabapple”)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French crabe.
Noun
crab m (plural crabi)
- crab
See also
- crevet?
- homar
- rac
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squid
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skw?d/
- Rhymes: -?d
Etymology 1
Unknown. Perhaps related to squirt.
Noun
squid (plural squids or squid)
- Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
- A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
- (US, military, slang, mildly derogatory) A sailor in the Navy.
- (Britain, slang, humorous, rare) A quid; one pound sterling.
- Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- squid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Teuthida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Teuthida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
See also
- calamari
- cuttlefish
- octopus
Verb
squid (third-person singular simple present squids, present participle squidding, simple past and past participle squidded)
- (fishing) To fish with the kind of hook called a squid.
- (parachuting) To cause squidding (an improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth).
Etymology 2
Possibly a blend of stupid and quick; "stupid, quick, under-dressed and imminently dead", a claimed origin, is probably a backronym.
Noun
squid (plural squids)
- (slang, motorcycling, derogatory) A motorcyclist, especially a sport biker, characterized by reckless riding and lack of protective gear.
- "In my mind, a street squid is anyone who races on the street. Period."1
- "squid: a cocky motorcyclist who darts very aggressively through traffic"2
References
- Harrison, Greg. Son of Squid. American Motorcyclist. Vol. 41, No. 8. ISSN 0277-9358. p. 5. Aug 1987
- Hough, David L. (2000), Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well (2nd ed.), USA: BowTie Press, p. 253, ?ISBN, 9781889540535, p. 253.
Anagrams
- Qudsi, quids
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