crabbing
Americannoun
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the activity or occupation of fishing for crabs.
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a finishing process for reducing shrinkage and creasing of woolens and worsteds by stretching the fabric on a rotating cylinder and immersing in hot or, sometimes, cold water.
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Aeronautics. the maneuver of heading partly into the wind to compensate for drift.
Etymology
Origin of crabbing
Example Sentences
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A GoFundMe set up in Meadows’ name described the deckhand from Montesano, Wash., as a father to “three amazing little boys” who died “while doing what he loved — crabbing out on Alaskan waters.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026
The vessel carried three adults and three minors who had been out crabbing, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024
Benjamin Cullis, from Padstow, had been fishing and crabbing with his family when he fell off the harbour wall and hit his head on the side of a yacht on 24 June 2023.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2024
Stephanie Foley, a 41-year-old teacher whose husband and brother hope to take over her father’s crabbing business, described Horseshoe Beach as a closely knit community where folks don’t feel they have to lock their doors.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2023
Most of the parents had once been fishermen—not crabbing around the docks but out on the river, with boats and nets of their own.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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