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crawl
has definitions from the field of sport
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[ verb ] move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
Synonyms Examples "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)From the east to the west coast of the Korean_peninsula was a strip of land in which fear filled men were at that same moment furtively crawling through the night , sitting in sweaty anticipation of any movement or sound , or shouting amidst confused rifle flashes and muzzle blasts . (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)The crawling men tried to rise and fell again . The third crawling man forced himself erect . Then he began to crawl again . If only there was a clock for him to crawl against . |
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[ noun ] a very slow movement
Examples "the traffic advanced at a crawl" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)The car lurched along at a snail 's crawl , the left front mudguard banging and scraping against the tire , occasionally scraping against the road itself . Related terms |
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[ verb ] feel as if crawling with insects
Examples "My skin crawled--I was terrified" Used in print (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)Her skin crawled : Lolotte had told Maude that she was in the hall and the door was open . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (sport) swim by doing the crawl
Examples "European children learn the breast stroke they often don't know how to crawl" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sport) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Synonyms Related terms |
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[ noun ] a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body)
Examples "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage" "the traffic moved at a creep" Related terms |
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