spider-crawl

noun

A gait or movement, typically made by a person, similar to a spider.

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Meanings

nounspider-crawl (plural spider-crawls)

plural spider-crawls

  1. A gait or movement, typically made by a person, similar to a spider.
verbspider-crawl (third-person singular simple present spider-crawls, present participle spider-crawling, simple past and past participle spider-crawled)

present singular third person spider-crawls · participle present spider-crawling · participle past spider-crawled · past spider-crawled

  1. To move in a manner similar to a spider.

    Planning a climbing strategy, he spider-crawled by finding finger and foot holds into the captain's cabin.

    2004 June 3, Jim Chobat, Jackie Chobat, Shiver Me Timbers!: 5 Curious Pirate Tales, page 116

Origin

spider + crawl.

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APA

spider-crawl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spider-crawl

MLA

“spider-crawl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spider-crawl. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spider-crawl,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spider-crawl.

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