Crab

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
2. isim The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.

   “But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.”

3. isim Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.

   “Despite its name, the hermit crab is not a true crab!”

4. isim A horseshoe crab.
5. isim A bad-tempered person.

   “She so obviously enjoyed every second of the concert that only the most stubborn crab could not have been warmed by her charm.”

6. isim An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).

   “Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks.”

7. isim Ellipsis of crab angle.

   “The pilot had to hold fifteen degrees of crab during the approach to keep her plane from getting blown off the localizer course.”

8. isim A playing card with the rank of three.
9. isim A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
10. isim A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.

    “Arrested by the low price of another “desirable residence”, I asked “What's the crab?” The agent assured me that there was no crab. I fell in love with this house at sight. Happily, I discovered that it was reputed to be haunted.”

11. isim An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.

    “[…] unsold copies and settling the yearly accounts; while for the publisher begins the much dreaded season of "crabs," as […]”

12. isim On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
13. isim A member of the Crips.
14. fiil To fish for crabs.
15. fiil To ruin.

    “I thought at the time that that little speech meant a savin' of eight dollars,[…] But the Missus crabbed it a few minutes after her and Bess come in the room.”

16. fiil To complain.

    ““The thing to do is to forget about the heat,” said Tom impatiently. “You make it ten times worse by crabbing about it.””

17. fiil To complain about.

    “Well, because of this state of things they crabbed his scheme from the first, ridiculed it, wrote against it, spread broadcast a feeling of distrust.”

18. fiil To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).

    “Mutt stalked forward, matching him, step for step, crabbing sideways the way wolves do when they're going for the kill.”

19. fiil To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.

    “Time slowed down then, became liquid in the aftermath of his grotesque, unfolding limbs; he crabbed his way down the faded line, rocking back and forth in braces he would use all his life.”

20. fiil To move (a camera) sideways.

    “If panning is not easy to make seem natural, crabbing the camera is even less like any action we perform with our eyes in the real world. There are a few circumstances in which we walk sideways: […]”

21. fiil To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
22. fiil To fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
23. fiil To back out of something.

    ““Nothing can possibly go wrong.” “Just as you say, sir. But I still have that feeling.” The blood of the Woosters is hot, and I was about to tell him in set terms what I thought of his bally feeling, when I suddenly spotted what it was that was making him crab the act.”

24. fiil To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
25. isim A crab apple or wild apple.

    “I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow; And I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts;”

26. isim A tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
27. isim A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

    “She swore to such things , that I could do nothing but swear and call names : upon which out bolts her husband upon me , with a fine taper crab in his hand and fell upon me with such violence , that , being half delirious , I made a full confession”

28. isim A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
29. isim A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
30. isim A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.