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crab-wise
crab·wise
/
ˈkræbˌwaɪz
/
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krab
-wahyz
]
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adverb
sideways:
patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats.
Origin:
1900–05;
crab
+
-wise
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crabwise
(ˈkræbˌwaɪz)
—
adj
, —
adv
(of motion) sideways; like a crab
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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