Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of crab.
- n. slang pubic lice
- v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crab.
WordNet 3.0
- n. infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
Examples
“They have heard too many stories of oil turning up in crabs and shrimp, too many instances where shrimp boats have churned up sheen behind their nets as they've dragged the bottom.”
The Huffington Post: Rocky Kistner: Six Months Later, an Oil Disaster Spreads Across the Gulf
“Hurricane Ike devastated Oak Island on Sept. 13, leaving little to nothing inhabitable, where the Huynhs and 25 other Vietnamese families once eked out a living catching crabs from the adjacent bay.”
“We call it crabs in a barrel, clawing at each other and keeping any one from getting out of that barrel.”
The Early Word: The Big Three Try Again - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
“Steaming crabs is a recent innovation in our house.”
Recipes: Steamed Alaska King Crab & Spinach with Garlic and Preserved Lemon
“Giving me crabs is ok if you cook them, fuzzy, but killing me for dessert isn't on the menu.”
“Plus you can go down to the Wharf and get Dungeness crabs from a cart, sit with your feet over the side of the wharf and throw the shells in the Bay with that view!”
“A chemical compound found in crabs and shrimp that has long been known to have certain medicinal value can also act like a "bed of nails," fending off microbes seeking to colonize wound dressings, catheters and other implantable medical devices, according to Montana State University researchers.”
I dreamed I attended an anti-crossdressing rally in my Maidenform bra.
“Dealing with live crabs is not for the fickle minded.”
“The fishermen bring fish, snails, and crabs from the lake to the city.”
“On p. 142 the giant crabs from the blurb finally appear, and, the author having run short of idiocies, the typesetter is forced to increase the interline spacing about 16% to make the book come out the right number of pages ...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crabs’.
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Not edible
Things that sound edible but are not (usually). See Liberty's To Eat, or Not to Eat? for more diet food.
cinnabar, dulcimer, belfries, potto, maltha, grapple, loam, rake, tort, pomade, buffalo chip, wedgie and 172 more...
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Crabby
Is it a crab? Does it have crab in its name? Does it contain the letters c-r-a-b (in that order)? Then list it!
crab, crabby, crabs, horseshoe crab, crabapple, crab grass, large crabgrass, crabgrass, Scrabble, hermit crab, king crab, robber crab and 46 more...
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