Crabbing

/ˈkɹæbɪŋ/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:20 pts8 letters

Definition of Crabbing

verb

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.

verb

(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

noun

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.

Anagrams of Crabbing

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "crabbing":

7-LETTER WORDS

barbing bracing cabbing

6-LETTER WORDS

arcing baring bicarb caring rabbin racing

5-LETTER WORDS

acing bairn baric brain bring cabin cairn cigar garni grain naric rabbi rabic

4-LETTER WORDS

abri agin airn bang bani barb barn brag bran brig brin cain carb carn crab+13 more

Related Word Patterns

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Rhyming Words

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