English words for 'Alternative form of crabstick.'
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noun
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Ellipsis of mustard gas.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
- pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
- leaves eaten as cooked greens
adj
noun
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crabsticks.
- (idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment.
- (idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
- (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
prefix
noun
- (US, regional) A molting crab.
- (Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
- (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
- (chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
- (gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
- (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
- a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
- a robust child
- a person who breaks horses
- an informal form of address for a man
- a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something
noun
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- Something to be peeled.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- (surfing) An ideal wave.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.
- (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- a device for peeling vegetables or fruits
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
noun
- The claws of a crab or lobster.
- (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
- (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
- (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
- A young bluefish.
- One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
- A fish, the cunner.
- (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- One who, or that which, nips.
- (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
- (British, informal) A child.
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a young person of either sex
verb
noun
- Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
- bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
- Any member of either of two groups of crab:
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- (by ellipsis) Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
noun
- large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
- pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
- A king crab (crustacean of subfamily Lithodinae).
- A mangrove stone crab (Myomenippe hardwickii, family Menippidae.
- A hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta, family Lomisidae)
- A Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria, family Menippidae.
noun
- meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
- large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
- large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
- a large spider crab of Europe
- Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
noun
- A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
- A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
- A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
- a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
verb
adj
noun
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Ellipsis of mustard gas.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
- pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
- leaves eaten as cooked greens
adj
noun
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- (chiefly US, rare) Synonym of crabsticks.
- (idiomatic) The ability to partially or fully inhabit a marine environment.
- (idiomatic, nautical) The ability, when walking aboard a ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
- (idiomatic) The ability to travel by ship without becoming seasick.
noun
- (US, regional) A molting crab.
- (Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
- (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
- (chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
- (gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
- (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
- a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
- a robust child
- a person who breaks horses
- an informal form of address for a man
- a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something
noun
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- Something to be peeled.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- (surfing) An ideal wave.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.
- (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- a device for peeling vegetables or fruits
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
noun
- The claws of a crab or lobster.
- (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
- (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
- (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
- A young bluefish.
- One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
- A fish, the cunner.
- (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- One who, or that which, nips.
- (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
- (British, informal) A child.
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a young person of either sex
verb
noun
- Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
- bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
- Any member of either of two groups of crab:
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- (by ellipsis) Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
noun
- large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
- pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
- A king crab (crustacean of subfamily Lithodinae).
- A mangrove stone crab (Myomenippe hardwickii, family Menippidae.
- A hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta, family Lomisidae)
- A Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria, family Menippidae.
noun
- meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
- large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
- large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
- a large spider crab of Europe
- Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
noun
- A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
- A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
- A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
- a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
verb
adj
noun
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A horseshoe crab.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind