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crab's eye

crab's eye
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /kræbz aɪ /
    • /kræbz aɪ /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /kræbz aɪ /

Definition of crab's eye words

  • noun crab's eye rosary pea. 1

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Origin of crab's eye

First appearance:

before 1875
One of the 25% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1875-80

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Parts of speech for Crab's eye

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

crab's eye popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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