upcrawl

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verb

To crawl upward.

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Meanings

verbupcrawl (third-person singular simple present upcrawls, present participle upcrawling, simple past and past participle upcrawled)

present singular third person upcrawls · participle present upcrawling · participle past upcrawled · past upcrawled

  1. archaicintransitivepoeticTo crawl upward.

    Behold his venal brain bared to our gaze, / See the base thoughts which worm-like there upcrawl, / Countless and teeming from their burrow's maze; […]

    1883, William J. Coughlin, Songs of an Idle Hour, page 47

Origin

From up- + crawl.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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