crabbed
Meaning
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- Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
- Cramped, bent.
- Crowded together and difficult to read.
- Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
- Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.
Synonyms
captious
sour-tempered
fault finder
having a vinegar countenance
illtempered
of sour countenance
of sour temper
sourtempered
splenish
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɹæbd/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab + -ed.
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crab
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- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- A bad-tempered person.
- (informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- The angle by which an aircraft's nose is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an approach to landing; its crab angle.
- (slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
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