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Meaning of crabbing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

crabbing

Pronunciation:/ˈkɹæbɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To fish for crabs.

  2. To ruin.

  3. To complain.

  4. To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).

verb

Definitions

  1. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour

  2. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.

  3. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

noun

Definitions

  1. The act or art of catching crabs.

  2. The fighting of hawks with each other.

  3. (wool manufacture) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.