adj
Meaning 1
Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
crabbed
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Cramped, bent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Crowded together and difficult to read.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- Unlike most aircraft, the B-52's fully-steerable landing gear allows it to land crabbed and stay crabbed throughout rollout without destroying its tires.
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adj
Meaning 5
Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique.
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verb
Meaning 6
simple past and past participle of crab
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
annoyed and irritable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) — bad-tempered or cantankerous
- Bulgarian: свадлив (svadliv) — bad-tempered or cantankerous
- Polish: opryskliwy — bad-tempered or cantankerous
- Polish: zrzędny — bad-tempered or cantankerous
- Bulgarian: неразбираем (nerazbiraem) — (of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read
- Bulgarian: нечетлив (nečetliv) — (of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read
- Polish: drobny — (of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read
- Russian: неразбо́рчивый (nerazbórčivyj) — (of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read