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crawling
Verb
  • present participle of crawl
Noun
  • The motion of something that crawls.
crawl
Verb
  • 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
  • See crawl with. intransitive, with "with"
  • To feel a swarming sensation. intransitive
  • To swim using the crawl stroke. intransitive
  • To move over an area on hands and knees. transitive
  • To visit while becoming inebriated. intransitive
  • To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching. transitive
Noun
  • The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops
  • A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick
  • A very slow pace. figuratively
  • A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image. television, film
Noun
  • A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.