crab
crab /kræb/
noun
Origin: crabba
Origin: crabbed
1. [countable] a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large claws ⇨ crustacean
2. [uncountable] the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat:
crab meat
dressed crab (=prepared for eating)
3. crabs [plural] informal a medical condition in which a type of louse (=insect) is in the hair around sexual organs
4. [singular] American English informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things
crab /kræb/
noun Sense 1-3
Language: Old EnglishOrigin: crabba
Sense 4
Date: 1800-1900Origin: crabbed
1. [countable] a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large claws ⇨ crustacean
2. [uncountable] the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat:
3. crabs [plural] informal a medical condition in which a type of louse (=insect) is in the hair around sexual organs
4. [singular] American English informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things