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1 to catch a crab
(Rowing) fallar con el remo, dar una calada -
2 crab
I kræb noun(an edible sea animal with a shell and five pairs of legs, the first pair having claws.) cangrejo
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past tense, past participle - crabbed; verb((slang) to complain or criticize: He keeps on crabbing about the weather.) quejarse, echar pestes- crabbycrab n cangrejotr[kræb]1 (shellfish) cangrejo\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLcrab stick palito de cangrejocrab ['kræb] n: cangrejo m, jaiba fn.• cangrejo s.m.• grúa s.f.• torno s.m.kræb1) c u (animal, meat) cangrejo m, jaiba f (AmL)2) crabs pl ( pubic lice) (colloq) ladillas fpl[kræb]1. N1) (Zool) cangrejo m, jaiba f (LAm)the Crab — (Astron) (la constelación de) Cáncer
- catch a crab2) crabs (Med) ladillas fpl2.VIto crab (about) — (US) * quejarse (acerca de)
3.CPDcrab apple N — (=fruit) manzana f silvestre; (=tree) manzano m silvestre
crab grass N — garranchuelo m
crab louse N — ladilla f
* * *[kræb]1) c u (animal, meat) cangrejo m, jaiba f (AmL)2) crabs pl ( pubic lice) (colloq) ladillas fpl
См. также в других словарях:
catch a crab Rowing — make a faulty stroke. → crab … English new terms dictionary
catch a crab — ► catch a crab Rowing make a faulty stroke in which the oar is jammed under the water or misses the water completely. Main Entry: ↑crab … English terms dictionary
catch a crab — phrasal 1. : to fail to raise the oar clear of the water on the recovery 2. : to miss the water completely when making a stroke with an oar * * * catch a crab (rowing) To sink the oar too deeply (or not enough) in the water and fall back in… … Useful english dictionary
To catch a crab — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catch a crab — phrasal to fail to raise an oar clear of the water on recovery of a stroke … New Collegiate Dictionary
catch a crab — verb To strike the blade of the oar against the water when moving the oar back between power strokes … Wiktionary
crab — crab1 [krab] n. [ME crabbe < OE crabba < IE base * grebh , *gerebh , to scratch: see GRAPHIC] 1. any of various decapods with four pairs of legs, one pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax 2.… … English World dictionary
Crab — (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crab apple — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crab grass — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crab louse — Crab Crab (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. {Crawfish}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
