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crabstick

crabstick is the alternative form 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 (archaic) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.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

Forms of crabstick

pluralcrabsticks

Questions about crabstick

What is crabstick the alternative form of?
Crabstick is the alternative form of crab stick.

Words near crabstick in the dictionary

  1. crabs
  2. crabshell
  3. crabshells
  4. crabspider
  5. crabspiders
  6. crabstick
  7. crabsticks
  8. crabstone
  9. crabstones
  10. crabtree
  11. Crabtree effect

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