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1 crabby
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2 crabby crab·by ['kræbɪ]
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[kræb]1) zool. gastr. granchio m.2) astrol.••to catch a crab — (in rowing) sbagliare la remata, dare una remata a vuoto
* * *I [kræb] noun(an edible sea animal with a shell and five pairs of legs, the first pair having claws.)II past tense, past participle - crabbed; verb((slang) to complain or criticize: He keeps on crabbing about the weather.)- crabby* * *I [kræb] n II [kræb] nMountaineering moschettone m* * *crab (1) /kræb/n.4 (mecc.) verricello; piccolo argano; gru a benna6 (aeron.) deriva● (mus.) crab canon, canone cancrizzante □ (naut.) to catch a crab, perdere una battuta del remo.crab (2) /kræb/n.3 (fig.) persona acida, bisbetica; brontolone, brontolona● crab-faced, dall'aria acida; dall'aspetto bisbetico □ (bot.) crab grass ( Digitaria sanguinalis), sanguinella.(to) crab /kræb/v. t. e i.2 (fam.) screditare; demolire (fig.)3 (naut.) scarrocciare* * *[kræb]1) zool. gastr. granchio m.2) astrol.••to catch a crab — (in rowing) sbagliare la remata, dare una remata a vuoto
См. также в других словарях:
Crabby — Crab by ( b[y^]), a. Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. Persius is crabby, because ancient. Marston. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crabby — index fractious, petulant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
crabby — 1520s, in now obsolete sense crooked, gnarled, rough, from extended sense of CRAB (Cf. crab) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Meaning disagreeable, sour, peevish is attested from 1776, Amer.Eng. Both senses were found earlier in CRABBED (Cf. crabbed) … Etymology dictionary
crabby — / crabbed [adj] in a bad mood acid, acrid, acrimonious, awkward, bad tempered, blunt, brusque, captious, choleric, churlish, cranky*, cross, crotchety, crusty*, cynical, difficult, dour, fretful, gloomy, glum, grouchy*, harsh, huffy, ill humored … New thesaurus
crabby — ► ADJECTIVE (crabbier, crabbiest) ▪ bad tempered; morose. DERIVATIVES crabbily adverb crabbiness noun … English terms dictionary
crabby — [krab′ē] adj. crabbier, crabbiest [see CRABBED] cross and complaining; peevish; ill tempered crabbily adv. crabbiness n … English World dictionary
crabby — adjective informal someone who is crabby easily becomes annoyed about unimportant things; bad tempered: a rather crabby old man | I was feeling crabby … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
crabby — crab|by [ˈkræbi] adj easily annoyed by unimportant things = ↑bad tempered ▪ a crabby old man ▪ You re a bit crabby this morning … Dictionary of contemporary English
crabby — UK [ˈkræbɪ] / US adjective Word forms crabby : adjective crabby comparative crabbier superlative crabbiest easily annoyed by unimportant things Derived word: crabbiness noun uncountable … English dictionary
crabby — adjective (crabbier; est) Etymology: 4crab Date: 1599 cross, ill natured < a crabby recluse > … New Collegiate Dictionary
crabby — [[t]kræ̱bi[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is crabby is bad tempered and unpleasant to people. [INFORMAL] … English dictionary