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1. Annoyed and irritable
   "On the whole, this is very true, so what are we going to do with the old, even though they be not necessarily crabbed?"
   - crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, arsey [Brit]

1. Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
    
2. Scurry sideways like a crab
    
3. Fish for crab
    
4. Complain
   "What was he crabbing about?"
   - gripe, bitch, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler

See also: crabbedness, ill-natured

Type of: channelise [Brit], channelize, complain, direct, fish, guide, head, kick, kvetch [N. Amer], maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], plain [archaic], point, quetch, scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter, sound off, steer

Encyclopedia: Crab