as in bear
an irritable and complaining person
you're always such a crab in the morning!
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1
as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip
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2
as in to damage
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding
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Recent Examples of crab
Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Welcomed aboard with a chilled glass of white Port, settle in for your first dinner: crispy crab cakes, veal sirloin, and mini cheese boards, or nightly Viking staples—think Caesar salads and juicy Angus ribeye.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Capuchin monkeys patrolled the canopy, which climbed as high as 130 feet, and crabs the color of traffic cones scuttled over roots.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Highlight dishes have included spaghetti alla chitarra with ramp pesto, sweet corn and crab risotto and the always perfect cacio e pepe.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Welcomed aboard with a chilled glass of white Port, settle in for your first dinner: crispy crab cakes, veal sirloin, and mini cheese boards, or nightly Viking staples—think Caesar salads and juicy Angus ribeye.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
Verb
There’s also the option to embark on a river safari, or go fishing and crabbing along the tidal creeks with local anglers.
—Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
Capuchin monkeys patrolled the canopy, which climbed as high as 130 feet, and crabs the color of traffic cones scuttled over roots.
—Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crab
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In both his monologue and a musical segment on the July 21 episode, Colbert mourned the loss of The Late Show, poked the orange bear that is Donald Trump, and decried his corporate overlords as his in-studio audience cheered, guffawed, and chanted his name multiple times.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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Trump plan for states to oversee national parks could lead to more Grand Canyon damage Miller specified concern about bears who may struggle to ferry cubs away from the fires and birds that may be singed while trying to escape.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
19 July 2025
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A number of Tesla shareholders, including some Democrats who oversee the investment of public sector pension fund money in Tesla stock, complained in May to Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm that Musk’s other activities are hurting the company.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Trump has complained about the EU's $231 billion trade surplus in goods, which shows Americans buy more goods from European businesses than the other way around.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 July 2025
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Anything that damages the trust between the vendor, Microsoft, and the user is as much a threat as the hackers themselves, in my never humble opinion.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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Elderly residents rushed to their windows to scream and beg for help as smoke filled the hallways.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Golden Goose screams effortless cool girl with the unique, layered designs that demand a double take.—
April Benshosan,
Glamour,
14 July 2025
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Shooting comes 3 years after another incident The July 25 shooting comes less than three years after another fatal attack at a University of New Mexico housing building left one student dead and three campus visitors injured.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
25 July 2025
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Newcastle insist Isak is injured and that a long-haul flight would not aid his recovery, but the rumour mill will only go into overdrive.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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He’s deemed a crank by Perry White, not long before kidnapping Lois.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
10 July 2025
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To research … Continue reading Relatively light and compact, his model had a tricky hand crank and an eyebrow-raising $25 price tag (who could afford such convenience?).—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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Coaches and athletic directors continue to whine about the lack of regulation and the uneven playing field.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 July 2025
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Back at the house, the dog whines at the garage door.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
8 July 2025
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Sure, the game was marred by former commissioner Bud Selig declaring the 2002 edition a tie.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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The production Chosen had early in his career for the New York Jets and then with a 1,000-yard season for the Carolina Panthers in 2020 was marred by two arrests within a year between 2018 and 2019.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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“Crab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crab. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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