CRAB


Meaning of CRAB in English

crab /kræb/ BrE AmE noun

[ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: crabba ]

[ Sense 4: Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: crabbed ]

1 . [countable] a sea animal with a hard shell, five legs on each side, and two large ↑ claw s ⇨ crustacean

2 . [uncountable] the flesh of this animal that you can cook and eat:

crab meat

dressed crab (=prepared for eating)

3 . crabs [plural] informal a medical condition in which a type of ↑ louse (=insect) is in the hair around sexual organs

4 . [singular] American English informal someone who becomes annoyed easily about unimportant things

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.