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Crawl
/kɹɔl/
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
📖 Definitions of "Crawl"
- 1
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
- 2
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
- 3
A very slow pace.
"My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package."
- 4
A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
- 1
To 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."
- 2
To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
"The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass."
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To act in a servile manner.
"Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!"
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(with "with") See crawl with.
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