plural of crabbing

The act or art of catching crabs. / (falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other. / (wool manufacture) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

present participle of crab

(intransitive) To fish for crabs. / (transitive, US, slang) To ruin. / (intransitive) To complain. / (transitive) To complain about.

The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.

The crab apple or wild apple. / The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use. / A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. / (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

(obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour / To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault. / (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick

(informal) Short for carabiner.

plural of crab