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The correct spelling is crabs.
How to pronounce crabs
/kɹæbz/
nounIPA: /kɹæbz/
Say it like: Cra-bs
The correct spelling is crabs. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. For example: "Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks."
Usage Examples
“Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- 2.The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
- 3.A bad-tempered person.
- 4.(in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- 5.A playing card with the rank of three.
verb
- 1.To fish for crabs.
- 2.To ruin.
- 3.To complain.
- 4.To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- 5.To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
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