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Meanings of
crabwise
in anglès
(Of movement) at an angle.
sideways
Related terms
oblique
Usage of
crabwise
in anglès
1
Xervish lurched
crabwise
to the door, taking a map from his bag.
2
Cordelia ducked and scuttled
crabwise
to the steps down.
3
Spider, his whip singing, came
crabwise
down the dune.
4
Kate turned and walked
crabwise
back to her room.
5
The instant his back was turned, the old man obliqued
crabwise
to the side of the road.
6
Able Jake, with the controlling influence of the jets cut, had yawed slightly and was now traveling
crabwise
.
7
Instead, in a
crabwise
panic of skinned palms and scrabbling feet, I half-slid, half-fell over the broken concrete teeth.
8
My brain had already figured that out, but my body was a hair behind, scrabbling
crabwise
away from the bed.
9
To his astonishment the stranger's mobile lips twisted in a snarl and he edged
crabwise
toward the bushes bordering the glen.
10
She called to Lindsay, "I may as well dismantle as I go," and came back
crabwise
for the necessary tools.
11
The kid had his knife now and they circled
crabwise
and when the man lurched at him he cut the man's shirt open.
12
"Oh-well-gee- ofcourse -"sighedGraff,ashe went out,
crabwise
.
13
"Hey, Captain, can I talk to you a minute?" the Mouse came
crabwise
down the stairway.
14
'God almighty!' exclaims William as she repositions her feet on the carpet and, crawling
crabwise
,
sprays a thin jet of water through the air.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
come crabwise
circle crabwise
crabwise panic
crawl crabwise
edge crabwise
More collocations
Crabwise
through the time