creabhar1, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~).1. Gadfly, horsefly. Níor bhain béim chreabhair dó; ní dhearnadh deargadh an chreabhair air, he came through without a scratch. Cibé ~ a bhuail é, whatever whim took him. 2. The deuce, the devil. Tá an ~ air, he is the deuce. An ~ de ghasúr sin, that miscreant boy. Tá ualach an chreabhair air, he is embarrassed with debt.