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Word: crawl (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick
  • television A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
  • The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops

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Verb:

  • intransitive To act in a servile manner.
  • intransitive To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
  • intransitive To feel a swarming sensation.
  • intransitive To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
  • intransitive To swim using the crawl stroke.
  • intransitive To visit while becoming inebriated.
  • with "with" See crawl with.
  • transitive To move over an area on hands and knees.
  • transitive To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

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