Crabble

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab intransitive

    "His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones."

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"His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones."

Etymology

From crab + -le (frequentative suffix). Compare English crawl, of similar formation. Compare also Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German krabbeln.

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