crawl
IPA: krˈɔɫ
noun
- The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
- The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
- A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
- (figurative) A very slow pace.
- (television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
- A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
verb
- (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
- (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
- (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
- (intransitive) Followed by with: see crawl with.
- (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
- (intransitive, transitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
- (transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
- (transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
- (transitive, Internet) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
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