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crabbifying

crabbifying is the present participle and gerund of crabbify.

Meaning of crabbify

Verb

crabbify (third-person singular simple present crabbifies, present participle crabbifying, simple past and past participle crabbified)

  1. (ambitransitive, informal, rare) To make or become crablike.
    • Working together on costumes every day for the next eight days would give McKinley tons of time to crabbify her father.2024, Lisa Graff, Rewind, page 67
    Synonyms:
    carcinise

Questions about crabbifying

What is crabbifying the present participle and gerund of?
Crabbifying is the present participle and gerund of crabbify.

Words near crabbifying in the dictionary

  1. crabbier
  2. crabbiest
  3. crabbified
  4. crabbifies
  5. crabbify
  6. crabbifying
  7. crabbily
  8. crabbiness
  9. crabbing
  10. crabbings
  11. crabbish

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