Associations to the word «Crabwise»

Wiktionary

CRABWISE, adjective. In the manner of a crab; sideways.
CRABWISE, adjective. (figuratively) Incidental.
CRABWISE, adverb. In the manner of a crab; sideways.

Dictionary definition

CRABWISE, adjective. (of movement) at an angle.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne