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crawls

noun

Meaning

  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.
  4. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
  5. To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
  6. To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
  7. To act in a servile manner.
  8. (with "with") See crawl with.
  9. To feel a swarming sensation.
  10. To swim using the crawl stroke.
  11. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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