"krab" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: krabs [plural]
Etymology: Modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw. Head templates: {{en-noun}} krab (plural krabs)
  1. (colloquial) Clipping of carabiner. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Alternative form of: carabiner
    Sense id: en-krab-en-noun-Hh8GPXAu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Respelling of crab. Compare wyngz. Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} krab
  1. (colloquial) imitation crab meat; crab stick; kamaboko Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-krab-en-noun-wNMZavga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 1 17 9 22 22 3 2 22 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 17 9 24 24 2 1 23 0 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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