Words · Common
crawl
/kɹɔl/ · 5 letters · 5 distinct letters
- verb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
- noun
a very slow movement
the traffic advanced at a crawl
- verb
feel as if crawling with insects
My skin crawled, I was terrified
- noun
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
- noun
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
a crawl was all that the injured man could manage