crabbing

/ˈkɹæbɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To fish for crabs.
To ruin.
To complain.
To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
To move (a camera) sideways.
(obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
(British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
The act or art of catching crabs.
The fighting of hawks with each other.
(wool manufacture) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

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