English words for 'box jellyfish'
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noun
noun
noun
- (zoology) A jellyfish.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
- A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
- (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
- (India) Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.
- (colloquial) A jelly shoe.
- (colloquial, US) Blood.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Clipping of jelly coconut.
- (Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
- Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
- (colloquial) Clipping of gelignite.
- a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
- an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
- any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
adj
verb
noun
- The rounded upper part of a jellyfish.
- (British, vulgar, slang) Clipping of bell-end (“stupid or contemptible person”).
- Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
- (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
- (computing) The bell character.
- An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.
- A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
- (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
- The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
- (chiefly British, informal) A telephone call.
- (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
- (music) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
- The sounding of a bell as a signal.
- (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- the sound of a bell being struck
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- the shape of a bell
- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- the flared opening of a tubular device
- a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
verb
- (transitive) To attach a bell to.
- To ring a bell.
- (intransitive) To bellow or roar.
- (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
- (slang, transitive) To telephone.
- (transitive) To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
- (transitive) To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
- attach a bell to
noun
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a sharp stinging blow
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
noun
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
noun
- The bell of a jellyfish.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
- (mycology) The cap of a mushroom.
- The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
- (meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
noun
- A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
- A head of cabbage.
- A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
- A stupid person; an idiot.
- (geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
- The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
noun
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
- (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
- (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
- (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
- (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
- A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- where passengers ride up and down
noun
- The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
- (figurative) Anything that provides similar protection.
- (figurative) Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
- A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- (ice hockey) A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
- (photography, television) An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
- having the function of uniting a group of similar things
- a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
- a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
verb
adj
noun
- The sablefish.
- (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black
adj
noun
- A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
- (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
- Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps
- A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
- A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
noun
- the shell of a clam
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
- (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
- A hinged case for a video tape, cassette tape, or video game cartridge.
- A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
- The shell of a clam.
- Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
- (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
verb
- To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
- To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
- (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
- (ambitransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.
noun
- A fish of species Boops boops (bogue, box)
- Telekia speciosa
- Heliopsis spp.
- Leucanthemum vulgare
- A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).
- The dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Heteranthemis viscidehirta
- Any of a genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum spp.), with large yellow flowers.
- The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
- an oval or round dormer window
- Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers
- any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
noun
- (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
- (pathology) Synonym of worm-star.
- one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (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.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (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.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- 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
- (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.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- 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 cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- 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.
noun
noun
noun
noun
- (zoology) A jellyfish.
- (chiefly Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
- A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.
- (US, slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
- (India) Vitrified brick refuse used as metal in building roads.
- (colloquial) A jelly shoe.
- (colloquial, US) Blood.
- (Caribbean, Jamaica) Clipping of jelly coconut.
- (Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
- Any substance or object having the consistency of the dessert or preserve.
- (colloquial) Clipping of gelignite.
- a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit
- an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods
- any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin
adj
verb
noun
- The rounded upper part of a jellyfish.
- (British, vulgar, slang) Clipping of bell-end (“stupid or contemptible person”).
- Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
- (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.
- (computing) The bell character.
- An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.
- A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
- (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
- The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
- (chiefly British, informal) A telephone call.
- (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
- (music) A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
- The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
- The sounding of a bell as a signal.
- (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
- the sound of a bell being struck
- a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument
- the shape of a bell
- a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
- the flared opening of a tubular device
- a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
verb
- (transitive) To attach a bell to.
- To ring a bell.
- (intransitive) To bellow or roar.
- (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
- (slang, transitive) To telephone.
- (transitive) To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
- (transitive) To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
- attach a bell to
noun
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- (slang) A final note played at the end of a military march.
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- (slang, television and film) An extension cord.
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- (prison slang) An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- (slang) A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- (slang, West Country, Bristol) A stinging nettle.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- a sharp organ of offense or defense (as of a wasp or stingray or scorpion) often connected with a poison gland
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a sharp stinging blow
- a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy
noun
- (collective) A group of jellyfish.
- (Northern England) A form of fried potato; a scallop.
- A slight trace of something; a smattering.
- A quick, sharp noise, as of the lips when suddenly separated, or of a whip.
- The sound of a loud kiss.
- A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade and often called a fishing smack
- A distinct flavor, especially if slight.
- (slang, uncountable) Heroin.
- A sharp blow; a slap. See also: spank.
- a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)
- the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand
- street names for heroin
- an enthusiastic kiss
adv
verb
- (intransitive) To have a particular taste; used with of.
- To slap or hit someone.
- To make a smacking sound.
- To kiss with a close compression of the lips, so as to make a sound when they separate.
- (transitive) To get the flavor of.
- (intransitive) To indicate or suggest something; used with of.
- (especially outside of North America) To strike a child (usually on the buttocks) as a form of discipline. (normal U.S. and Canadian term spank)
- To wetly separate the lips, making a noise, after tasting something or in expectation of a treat.
- kiss lightly
- press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating
- deliver a hard blow to
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- have an element suggestive (of something)
noun
- The bell of a jellyfish.
- (historical, Ancient Rome) A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
- (mycology) The cap of a mushroom.
- The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape.
- (meteorology) A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
- a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom
noun
- A common type of jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris
- A head of cabbage.
- A style of smokestack on a wood-burning locomotive that has a roughly spherical top on a straight narrow stack.
- A stupid person; an idiot.
- (geology) A roughly spherical aggregation of a mineral.
- The larval form (caterpillar) of Crocidolomia pavonana, which is a pest that eats cabbages.
noun
- (US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
- A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry and a bus.
- (programming) The first part of a cons in Lisp. The first element of a list.
- (uncountable, US, informal) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.
- (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.
- The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.
- (rail transport, chiefly Canada, US) An unpowered unit in a railroad train, used to hold either passengers or cargo.
- (US, prison slang) A clique or gang.
- (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.
- A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.
- (Internet, humorous) Deliberate misspelling of cat.
- The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.
- (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track.
- The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.
- A similar vehicle used in special contexts, such as mines, quarries, and mills.
- the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
- a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
- a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
- where passengers ride up and down
noun
- The main body of a jellyfish, excluding the tentacles.
- (figurative) Anything that provides similar protection.
- (figurative) Anything that provides similar overarching coverage of a range of concepts, purposes, groups, etc.
- A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
- (ice hockey) A strategy in which five players in the offensive zone form an umbrella-shaped formation around the opposition's goal net.
- (photography, television) An umbrella-shaped reflector with a white or silvery inner surface, used to diffuse a nearby light.
- having the function of uniting a group of similar things
- a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy
- a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets
verb
adj
noun
- The sablefish.
- (countable) Any other marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana).
- (countable) A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur.
- (countable and uncountable) A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables.
- (in the plural, sables) Black garments, especially worn in mourning.
- (countable) An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable, the kolinsky sable-hair brush.
- (heraldry) A black colour on a coat of arms.
- (countable and uncountable) A pelt of fur of a sable or of one of another species of martens; a coat made from this fur.
- marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur
- a scarf (or trimming) made of sable
- an artist's brush made of sable hairs
- the expensive dark brown fur of the marten
- a very dark black
adj
noun
- A blobfish, Psychrolutes microporos
- (derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
- Any of several species of fish of the genus Cubiceps
- A labroid food fish of California; the California sheephead. Semicossyphus pulcher.
- A cyprinid fish of the Mississippi valley, Pimephales promelas, the black-headed minnow.
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
noun
- the shell of a clam
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
- (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
- A hinged case for a video tape, cassette tape, or video game cartridge.
- A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
- The shell of a clam.
- Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
- (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
verb
- To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
- To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
- (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
- (ambitransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.
noun
- A fish of species Boops boops (bogue, box)
- Telekia speciosa
- Heliopsis spp.
- Leucanthemum vulgare
- A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) or the blue titmouse (Parus caeruleus).
- The dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Heteranthemis viscidehirta
- Any of a genus of composite plants (Buphthalmum spp.), with large yellow flowers.
- The corn camomile (Anthemis arvensis).
- an oval or round dormer window
- Eurasian perennial herbs having daisylike flowers with yellow rays and dark centers
- any North American shrubby perennial herb of the genus Heliopsis having large yellow daisylike flowers
noun
- (zoology) A jellyfish; specifically, a non-polyp form of individual cnidarians, consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles.
- (pathology) Synonym of worm-star.
- one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
- (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.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (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.
noun
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- 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
- (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.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- 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 cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- 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.
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