crabbed

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English

Etymology

From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

Adjective

crabbed (comparative more crabbed, superlative most crabbed)

  1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  2. Cramped, bent.
    • c. 1800, Robert Southey, Winter:
      A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee,
      Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey
      As the long moss upon the apple-tree; []
  3. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
  4. (aviation, of an aircraft) Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
    Unlike most aircraft, the B-52's fully-steerable landing gear allows it to land crabbed and stay crabbed throughout rollout without destroying its tires.
  5. (aviation, of an approach and landing) Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.
    The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

crabbed

  1. simple past and past participle of crab

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From crabbe +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrabid/, /ˈkrabɛd/

Adjective

crabbed

  1. immoral, backwards, savage, rapacious
  2. crabbed, ill-tempered, vengeful
  3. (rare) Moving in reverse.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: crabbed
  • Scots: crabbit

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