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
3.(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
4.the fourth sign of the zodiac
5.the edible flesh of any of various crabs
6.infests the pubic region of the human body
7.a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply crab v.
1.direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
2.scurry sideways like a crab
3.fish for crab
4.complain
Idiom of the Day
control the purse strings
to be in charge of the money
My mother used to control the purse strings in our family.