decrab

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verb

To align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.

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Meanings

verbdecrab (third-person singular simple present decrabs, present participle decrabbing, simple past and past participle decrabbed)

present singular third person decrabs · participle present decrabbing · participle past decrabbed · past decrabbed

  1. ambitransitiveaeronauticsTo align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.
noundecrab (usually uncountable, plural decrabs)

plural decrabs

  1. uncountableusuallyaeronauticsThe process of aligning an aircraft with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach.

Origin

From de- + crab.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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