Definition of Crawling

Noun: crawling  kro-ling

1. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
   - crawl, creep, creeping

1. Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed";
   - creep
    
2. Feel as if crawling with insects
   "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
    
3. Be full of
   "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
    
4. Show submission or fear
   - fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
    
5. (water sport) swim by doing the crawl
   "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
    
6. (computing) index linked files or web sites, e.g. so they can later be searched

See also:
crawliest
crawls

Anagrams containing the word crawling

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