crabbify

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/ˈkɹæb.ɪ.faɪ/

verb

To make or become crablike.

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carcinise
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Meanings

verbcrabbify (third-person singular simple present crabbifies, present participle crabbifying, simple past and past participle crabbified)

present singular third person crabbifies · participle present crabbifying · participle past crabbified · past crabbified

  1. ambitransitiveinformalrareTo make or become crablike.

    Working together on costumes every day for the next eight days would give McKinley tons of time to crabbify her father.

    2024, Lisa Graff, Rewind, page 67
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    But if we look at crabbification (I prefer my term to the stupid scientific one) perhaps evolution across the universe crabbifies the most intelligent form of life on any planet into a roughly human shaped thing.

    2024, George M. Knowles, A Fantastic Mental Breakdown

    Synonyms: carcinise

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make or become crablike.

Similar
carcinise
Also see
carcinize

Origin

From crab + -ify.

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APA

crabbify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbify

MLA

“crabbify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crabbify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbify.

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