crabble

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crabble

Rhymes with -æbəl

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From crab + -le (frequentative suffix). Piecewise doublet of crawl, formed in the same way in Proto-Germanic times. Compare also Saterland Frisian krabbelje, Dutch krabbelen, German krabbeln.

verb crabbles · crabbling · crabbled

intransitive To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab His gray shape was a bandy legged bug crabbling up the dark cobblestones.

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@misc{crabble_2026,
  title = {crabble},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crabble},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}