crabbing

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹæbɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -æbɪŋ

crabbing

1. present participle and gerund of crab

crabbing (usually uncountable, plural crabbings)

1. The act or art of catching crabs.
   • 1914, Frederick Gordon, Fairview Boys at Lighthouse Cove:

     "It will take more than one Summer to dig all over this place," spoke Bob. "And it will spoil all our other fun. I want to have some swimming, boating and crabbing. You can have all the treasure you get, Sammy."

2. (obsolete, falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other.
3. bickering.
4. (historical, wool manufacture) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine.

• “crabbing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.