crabbed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  2. Cramped, bent.
  3. Crowded together and difficult to read.
  4. Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.
  5. Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of crab

Pronunciation

/kɹæbd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crabbed.wav

Word forms

crabbed more crabbed most crabbed

Etymology

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

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