Crossword clues for crabwise
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
a. 1 In the manner of a crab; sideways. 2 (context figuratively English) incidental. adv. In the manner of a crab; sideways.
WordNet
adj. (of movement) at an angle [syn: sideways]
Usage examples of "crabwise".
It swooped crabwise across the concrete, missed a dawdling phaeton by a hairbreadth, flashed between two other gyrocars, wiped the fender off a dancing four-wheeler and slammed into the side.
On the after-deck, hanging on for dear life to the safety-lines, to the Oerlikon and the Carley float, to anything within reach, Westover, Tebbitt and Robb felt rather than saw Treherne and Slingsby approach, crabwise across the rolling deck.
The Taiwanese catcher dropped over backward onto his hands and scuttled away crabwise.
Removing his glasses, he held the knife as Lowe showed him, hesitant, alert, while Leiser trod crabwise, feinted and darted lightly back, the sweat running off his face, his small eyes alight with concentration.
Almost immediately after he came crabwise in, holding a splendid silver affair with little fitted dishes of toasted cheese.