crabbing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
    crab.
  2. verb scurry sideways like a crab
    crab.
  3. verb fish for crab
    crab.
  4. verb complain
    squawk; bellyache; grouse; beef; gripe; holler; bitch; crab.
    • What was he hollering about?

WordNet


Crab"bing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or art of catching crabs.
  2. (Falconry) The foghting of hawks with each other.
  3. (Woolem Manuf.) A process of scouring clocth beween rolls in a machine.

Webster 1913