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 a lot in an annoying way
To complain in a high, annoying voice
To complain in an angry way about something
To complain repeatedly about small things
To keep complaining about something in a way that annoys people
To complain loudly about something you think is unfair
To complain about small unimportant things
To complain a lot in an annoying way
To complain loudly in a way that annoys other people
To complain quietly about something you do not like
To complain about small or unimportant things
To complain often about small things
To complain a lot about small things and annoy others
To complain when you are in a bad mood
To complain a lot in an annoying way
To complain in a bad-tempered way
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
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 bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat
- US
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat
A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin
- Specialized
A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch
- Philippine
A habit of trying to pull others down when they succeed because you feel jealous
A South American cactus with stem sections often kept indoors for its bright red flowers
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
Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals
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 large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan
Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender
The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska
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 that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
- 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 sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water
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.