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crab sticks

crab sticks is the plural of crab stick.

Meaning of crab stick

Noun (1)

crab stick (plural crab sticks)

  1. (archaic) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
    • [O]ne of them who appeared to have the most spirit had a knotted crab-stick in his hand, and insisted that the Irishman should not leave the company, till he had first given satisfaction for the insult he had committed on them all.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 106
  2. (obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.

Noun (2)

crab stick (plural crab sticks)

  1. A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
    Synonyms:
    imitation crab stick, crab surimi stick, sea legs

Questions about crab sticks

What is crab sticks the plural of?
Crab sticks is the plural of crab stick.

Words near crab sticks in the dictionary

  1. crab rangoons
  2. crab soccer
  3. crab spider
  4. crab spiders
  5. crab stick
  6. crab sticks
  7. crab tree
  8. crab trees
  9. crab yaws
  10. crab's eye
  11. crab's eyes

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