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decrabbing

decrabbing is the present participle and gerund of decrab.

Meaning of decrab

Verb

decrab (third-person singular simple present decrabs, present participle decrabbing, simple past and past participle decrabbed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.

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Questions about decrabbing

What is decrabbing the present participle and gerund of?
Decrabbing is the present participle and gerund of decrab.

Words near decrabbing in the dictionary

  1. decoymen
  2. decoys
  3. Decr.
  4. decrab
  5. decrabbed
  6. decrabbing
  7. decrabs
  8. DeCrapio
  9. decrassified
  10. decrassifies
  11. decrassify

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decrabbing (page history and authors); decrab (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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