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"2": "crab",
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},
"expansion": "crab + -le (frequentative suffix)",
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},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "crawl"
},
"expansion": "English crawl",
"name": "cog"
},
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"2": "krabbelen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch krabbelen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "krabbeln"
},
"expansion": "German krabbeln",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From crab + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English crawl, of similar formation. Compare also Dutch krabbelen, German krabbeln.",
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{
"form": "crabbles",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "crabbling",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
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"past"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Darusha Wehm, Gary Cahill, Ian Creasey, Plan B Volume III: a mystery and crime anthology",
"text": "His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Edward Ahern, Capricious Visions",
"text": "The chameleon crabbled to the middle of the coffee table and defecated.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Hans Andersen, What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales",
"text": "He cribbled and crabbled about there with all his might; but he got a good pressing from the boy's hand for this, which served as a hint to him to keep quiet.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab"
],
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[
"creep",
"creep"
],
[
"crawl",
"crawl"
],
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"clamber",
"clamber"
],
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"crab",
"crab"
]
],
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"(intransitive) To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab"
],
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}
],
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"rhymes": "-æbəl"
}
],
"word": "crabble"
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},
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"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "krabbeln"
},
"expansion": "German krabbeln",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From crab + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English crawl, of similar formation. Compare also Dutch krabbelen, German krabbeln.",
"forms": [
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"form": "crabbles",
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"present",
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},
{
"form": "crabbling",
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"participle",
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{
"form": "crabbled",
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"text": "His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones.",
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{
"ref": "2016, Edward Ahern, Capricious Visions",
"text": "The chameleon crabbled to the middle of the coffee table and defecated.",
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{
"ref": "2017, Hans Andersen, What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales",
"text": "He cribbled and crabbled about there with all his might; but he got a good pressing from the boy's hand for this, which served as a hint to him to keep quiet.",
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"(intransitive) To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab"
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}
],
"word": "crabble"
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