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1 to catch a crab
to catch a crabSport esbarrar com o remo na água. -
2 crab
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* * *crab1[kræb] n 1 caranguejo, siri. 2 guincho, guindaste. 3 coll pessoa mal-humorada. 4 coll chato (piolho pubiano). • vi caçar caranguejos. to catch a crab Sport esbarrar com o remo na água. to turn out crabs a) levar desvantagem no jogo de dados. b) coll ir mal.————————crab2[kræb] vt 1 criticar severamente, menosprezar, rebaixar. 2 arranhar, ferir com as garras (falcão).
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catch a crab Rowing — make a faulty stroke. → crab … English new terms dictionary
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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
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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
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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