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Crawl

noun
/kɹɔl/
Word Frequency: 2.6

Definitions

1.nounThe act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
2.nounA rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
3.nounA very slow pace.
"My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package."
4.nounA piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
5.verbTo creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
"Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench."
6.verbTo move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
"The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass."
7.verbTo act in a servile manner.
"Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!"
8.verb(with "with") See crawl with.
9.verbTo feel a swarming sensation.
"The horrible sight made my skin crawl."
10.verbTo swim using the crawl stroke.
"I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres."
11.verbTo move over an area on hands and knees.
"The baby crawled the entire second floor."
12.verbTo visit while becoming inebriated.
"They crawled the downtown bars."
13.verbTo visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
"Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficiently."

Synonyms

creepcreepinggrovelcowercringeaustralian crawlfront crawlfawnslitherslidehidewalk

Rhymes With

squallbanalappallpallcallgallforestallrecall
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