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crab
verb- (of an aircraft) to fly close to the ground or water; to drift or manoeuvre sideways UK, 1943
From the sideways movement of a crab. An aircraft flying close to the ground may appear to fly diagonally. - in the language of parachuting, to direct the parachute across the wind direction US
- — Dan Poynter, Parachuting, p. 166, 1978: “The language of parachuting”
- in the television and film industries, to move the camera sideways US
- — Ira Konigsberg, The Complete Film Dictionary, p. 67, 1987
- to spoil something UK, 1812
- Dope crabbed Phil’s effect by saying that Garrity had cleaned up some jack playing the market. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 32, 1947
- in horse racing, to belittle a horse’s performance UK
- — Rita Cannon, Let’s Go Racing, p. 71, 1948
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