Meanings
nouncrabwalk (plural crabwalks)
plural crabwalks · alternative crab walk · alternative crab-walk
- A form of exercise involving "walking" on one's hands and feet while facing upward.
As a recent morning workout began at the gym, Rooney led the fighters through a series of knee bends, jumping jacks and crabwalks.
2008 April 2, Michael Brick, “The Businessman Who Finds Time to Fight”, in New York Times
verbcrabwalk (third-person singular simple present crabwalks, present participle crabwalking, simple past and past participle crabwalked)
present singular third person crabwalks · participle present crabwalking · participle past crabwalked · past crabwalked · alternative crab walk · alternative crab-walk
- To perform a crabwalk
- To walk like a crab
Origin
Translations
Finnish rapukävely
- rapukävelyform of exercise
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APA
crabwalk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabwalk
MLA
“crabwalk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabwalk. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crabwalk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabwalk.
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