n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: crabbed ; crab · bing
Etymology: Middle English crabben, probably back-formation from crabbed
Date: 1662
transitive verb
1 : to make sullen : SOUR <old age has crabbed his nature>
2 : to complain about peevishly
3 : SPOIL , RUIN
intransitive verb : CARP , GROUSE <always crab s about the weather>
– crab · ber noun