to crab
- verb
- /kræb/
- Informal
- - Say, are you trying to crab our act?
Examples
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You can't just sit there and crab.
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I'm sick of hearing you crab all the time.
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What are you trying to do, crab up my story?
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Do you want it or just want to crab about it?
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Are you trying to crab my act?
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I'm sick of hearing you crab all the time.
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Boy, how you used to crab about it when you were first mate on her.
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You can't just sit there and crab.
Fiction book (1990) -
He crabs about it, but I don't see anything wrong.
Synonyms
To complain in a high, annoying voice
To complain a lot in an annoying way
To complain loudly about something you think is unfair
To keep complaining about something in a way that annoys people
To complain repeatedly about small things
To complain a lot in an annoying way
To complain about small unimportant things
To complain loudly in a way that annoys other people
To complain quietly about something you do not like
To complain a lot in an annoying way
To complain about small or unimportant things
To complain in an angry way about something
To complain often about small things
To complain a lot about small things and annoy others
To complain in a bad-tempered way
To complain when you are in a bad mood
To complain in a sulky, childish way about small things
To complain quietly because you are unhappy
To complain in a quiet, old-fashioned way
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
The remains of a star explosion that people first saw in 1054 in the constellation Taurus
- Specialized
A large sea animal with a hard shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long pointed tail
- US
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- US
A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska
- US
A large crab you can eat that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska and Japan
A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
A sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water
A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals
- Philippine
A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers
- Philippine
A habit of trying to pull others down when they succeed because you feel jealous
Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals
Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
A South American cactus with stem sections often kept indoors for its bright red flowers
A silvery grey seal from Antarctica that eats mainly small sea animals with shells
- Specialized
A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers
A small crab with a bright, spotted shell that lives on sandy east coast beaches of the United States
- Indian
A sea animal with a hard shell and a long tail spine that lives on Asian coasts
A large crab with long legs and a spiny shell that lives in European coastal waters
- US
A small crab with bright purple spots on its shell that lives on sandy Atlantic beaches
A tropical sea animal like a crab that lives in burrows and uses large front claws to catch prey
- US
A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
- US
A small wild apple tree that grows in the western United States and has fragrant pink flowers
A small tree or shrub from the southeastern United States grown for its pretty pink spring flowers
How Complaining
- Informal
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crab meaning to complain comes from calling someone a crab (a grouch), so to 'crab' is to grumble or nag like a person who is constantly unhappy.