American English
/ˈkʰɹæ.bɪŋ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Related entry: crab
An animal with a hard shell, two front claws, and legs that usually move sideways.
Practice out loudAn animal with a hard shell, two front claws, and legs that usually move sideways.
A crab crawled across the beach.
The crab raised its claws.
hermit crab · blue crab · crab claw · crab trap
a/the crab + verb
verb + a/the crab
The meat of a crab, eaten as food.
We ordered crab for dinner.
This salad has fresh crab in it.
crab meat · crab legs · crab cake · fresh crab
eat/have + crab
order + crab
To complain in an annoyed way, often about small problems.
He always crabs about the weather.
Stop crabbing about the price.
Use crab about something, not crab something.
crab about + something
a small crab that uses an empty shell as its home
We found a hermit crab in a tide pool.
a small fried or baked cake made with crab meat
The restaurant serves excellent crab cakes.
Before -ed and -ing, the final b is doubled: crabbed, crabbing.