Crabbing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crabbing \Crab"bing\, n.
     1. The act or art of catching crabs.
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     2. (Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other.
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     3. (Woolen Manuf.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls
        in a machine.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crabbing
       See {crab}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crab
       n 1: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened
            carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax
            and pincers
       2: a quarrelsome grouch [syn: {crabby person}]
       3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
          [syn: {Cancer}]
       4: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
          about June 21 to July 22 [syn: {Cancer}, {Cancer the Crab}]
       5: the edible flesh of any of various crabs [syn: {crabmeat}]
       6: infests the pubic region of the human body [syn: {crab louse},
           {pubic louse}, {Phthirius pubis}]
       7: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too
          deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
       v 1: direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
       2: scurry sideways like a crab
       3: fish for crab
       4: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: {gripe}, {grouse},
           {beef}, {squawk}, {bellyache}, {holler}]
       [also: {crabbing}, {crabbed}]