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kup/cocked%20hat'>cocked hat cowboy hat derby fedora fez garrison cap hard hat helm helmet high hat homburg hood kepi (also képi) kufi leghorn miter (or mitre) nightcap opera hat overseas cap panama picture hat pillbox plug hat porkpie hat service cap shako silk hat skimmer skullcap sombrero sou'wester Stetson stocking cap stovepipe sunbonnet tam tam-o'-shanter ten-gallon hat top hat topper toque tricorne (or tricorn) turban zucchetto
crab ​apple
noun

Definition

  • any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of the cultivated apple and that produce small sour fruit
    also the fruit
First Known Use
1680, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
crab entry 3
crab​by
adjective
crab·​by
ˈkra-bē
crab​bi​er; crab​bi​est

Definition

  • informal
  • easily irritated peevish and irritable grouchy //a crabby recluse //He gets crabby if he doesn't have his morning coffee. //She was in a crabby mood and got a certain amount of satisfaction out of pushing her sister's buttons. — Isis Crawford
Other Words
  • crab​bi​ness noun //… the waiters have shed Stalinist crabbiness in favor of Parisian-style contempt for the customer. — Kati Marton