Need more info?

Search results for 'crab':

Displaying 1-4 of 4 word(s) starting with 'crab'
Page: First | 1 | Last
crab mentality (noun) : pulling other person down instead of helping to succeed
Sandra has a crab mentality; she discouraged the officer to promote her co-worker.
Submitted by: rheanne from Philippines on Jul. 23, 2007 13:59
crabbage (noun) : an amount of crabs or crab meat
Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on Jun. 26, 2009 15:59
Crabology
(noun) : The mentality that if you can't win, then no one can win. [The etymology of this is that when you put two crabs in a bucket, when one tries to crawl out the other crab will pull him back down.]
When my dad started winning the board game, the rest of the family started using crabology to level the playing field.
Submitted by: She Who Shall Not Be Credited on Apr. 22, 2007 14:18
(noun) : A needless effort to stifle others from succeeding [from the behaviour of crabs, when placed in a bucket, to stop each other from climbing out by pulling the other down back into the bucket]. Derived adjective: crabologous
crabologous behaviour
Submitted by: Huch from Texas on Feb. 24, 2007 06:14
crabulate (verb) : Act of opening a hard shelled crab.
With the thought of delicious lump crabmeat firmly implanted in my memory,I grabbed my mallet and began to crabulate the crustacean.
Submitted by: Dan from Maryland on Jan. 22, 2006 04:03
Displaying 1-4 of 4 word(s) starting with 'crab'
Page: First | 1 | Last


Open Dictionary  
Browse   Most recent  Alphabetically  By category
Submit an Entry   Submit Form