crawling

crawl ¹  (krôl)

intr.v. crawled, crawl·ing, crawls

1. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep.

2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along until we reached the open road.

3. To proceed or act servilely.

4. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things: The accident scene was crawling with police officers. My flesh crawled in horror. See Synonyms at teem¹.

5. To swim the crawl.

n.

1. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.

2. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl.

3. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.

4. A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts.

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[Middle English craulen, from Old Norse krafla; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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crawling·ly adv.

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crawl ²  (krôl)

n.

A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.

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[Afrikaans kraal, enclosure for animals; see kraal.]

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crawling [ˈkrɔːlɪŋ]

n

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

crawling - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" creeping, crawl, creep locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement

Translations

crawling [ˈkrɔːlɪŋ] adj
to be crawling with (pejorative) → grouiller de

crawling

adj insect, movement → kriechend, krabbelnd; a baby at the crawling stage → ein Baby im Krabbelalter ? also crawl