# crabbing

Pronunciation: say "KRAB-ing" /ˈkɹæbɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The activity or skill of catching crabs, whether for sport or for food.
   - Simple: Catching crabs for fun or for food, often near a shore or dock.
   - _The kids learned crabbing from their grandfather, using string and chicken necks for bait._
   - _Good crabbing depends on the tide, the season, and a bit of patience._
3. Petty, persistent quarreling between people.
   - Simple: Petty arguing and complaining back and forth between people.
   - _The long road trip dissolved into endless crabbing over who would drive._
   - _Their meetings produced more crabbing than actual decisions._
4. A process of scouring cloth by passing it between rolls in a machine.
   - Simple: A way of cleaning cloth by passing it between rollers in a machine.
   - _After weaving, the lengths went through crabbing to clear them of oils._
   - _Uneven crabbing could leave streaks that showed once the cloth was finished._

## Verb

2. Present participle of crab. — present participle and gerund of crab
   - Simple: Present participle of crab. Use this form for something happening right now.
   - _The old sailor was crabbing about the weather again._
   - _She spent the whole meeting crabbing over minor details._

## Noun

5. The fighting of trained hawks with one another. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: When two trained hawks attack and fight each other.
   - _He kept the young tiercels apart to prevent crabbing on the cadge._
   - _A sudden bout of crabbing left one bird with a torn wing._

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