crawling

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US, UK/ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/cot caught merger/ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/Northumbria/ˈkɹaːlɪn/

noun

The motion of something that crawls.

Similar
crawlcreepcreeping
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of crawl
nouncrawling (plural crawlings)

plural crawlings

  1. The motion of something that crawls.

    Miss Brass […] devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it commonly pursues its way.

    1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC
adjectivecrawling (comparative more crawling, superlative most crawling)

comparative more crawling · superlative most crawling

  1. That crawls.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

Similar
crawlcreepcreeping
Broader
locomotiontravel
Also see
acrawlcrawlcreepcreepingdreichdullinertreptileslowsluggishsubglacialsullentorpidunspeedy

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian пълзене
  • пълзене (pălzene)motion of a thing that crawls
Esperanto rampado
  • rampadomotion of a thing that crawls
Finnish konttaus, ryömintä
  • konttausmotion of a thing that crawls
  • ryömintämotion of a thing that crawls
  • matelumotion of a thing that crawls
Hebrew זחילה, הזדחלות
  • זחילה (zkhila)motion of a thing that crawls
  • הזדחלות (hizdakhlut)motion of a thing that crawls
Hungarian négykézláb mászás/mászkálás
  • négykézláb mászás/mászkálásmotion of a thing that crawls
Irish lámhacán
  • lámhacánmotion of a thing that crawls
Portuguese rastejo
  • rastejomotion of a thing that crawls
Russian по́лзание
  • по́лзание (pólzanije)motion of a thing that crawls
Scottish Gaelic màgaran, snàgadh
  • màgaranmotion of a thing that crawls
  • snàgadhmotion of a thing that crawls
  • snàigeadhmotion of a thing that crawls
  • èalaidhmotion of a thing that crawls
Spanish gateo, gateado
  • gateomotion of a thing that crawls
  • gateadomotion of a thing that crawls
  • gateamientomotion of a thing that crawls
  • reptaciónmotion of a thing that crawls

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with crawling

callingappallingbawlingmauling
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Cite this entry
APA

crawling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawling

MLA

“crawling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawling. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crawling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crawling.

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