crab stick
nounEtymology From crab (“crustacean”) + stick.
1
A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
- Synonyms
- imitation crab stick, crab surimi stick, sea legs
- Related terms
- crab cake, fish stick
crab stick
nounEtymology From crab (“wild apple”) + stick.
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Archaic A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
- [O]ne of them who appeared to have the most spirit had a knotted crab-stick in his hand, and insisted that the Irishman should not leave the company, till he had first given satisfaction for the insult he had committed on them all.1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 106:
2
Obsolete A crabby, ill-tempered person.