crawl

noun

  1. 1

    a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

    a crawl was all that the injured man could manage

    the traffic moved at a creep

  2. 2

    a very slow movement

    the traffic advanced at a crawl

  3. 3

    a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

verb

  1. 1

    move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

    The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed

  2. 2

    swim by doing the crawl

    European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl

  3. 3

    show submission or fear

  4. 4

    be full of

    The old cheese was crawling with maggots

  5. 5

    feel as if crawling with insects

    My skin crawled--I was terrified

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