crab in WordNet English dictionary

1. complain
   "What was he hollering about?"
   gripe  bitch  grouse  crab  beef  squawk  bellyache  holler 
   
2. fish for crab
   crab 
   
3. scurry sideways like a crab
   crab 
   
4. direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
   crab 
   

1. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
   "he caught a crab and lost the race"
   crab 
   
2. decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
   crab 
   
3. a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
   crab louse  pubic louse  crab  Phthirius pubis 
   
4. the edible flesh of any of various crabs
   crab  crabmeat 
   
5. a quarrelsome grouch
   crab  crabby person