"crabbed" in the verb sense
1. crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
2. crab
scurry sideways like a crab
3. crab
fish for crab
4. gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler
complain
"What was he hollering about?"
"crabbed" in the adjective sense
1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered
annoyed and irritable
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