pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)1. A gambling game played with two dice in which a first throw of 7 or 11 wins, a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses the bet, and a first throw of any other number (a point) must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses both the bet and the dice.
2. A losing throw in this game. Also called crap2.
[Louisiana French, game of hazard, from
English
crabs, lowest throw in hazard, from
CRAB1 or
CRAB2.]