ALL meanings of crawling
crawl
C c - noun crawling a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging 3
- verb without object crawling to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child. 1
- verb without object crawling (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep. 1
- verb without object crawling to move or progress slowly or laboriously: The line of cars crawled behind the slow-moving truck. The work just crawled until we got the new machines. 1
- verb without object crawling to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner: Don't come crawling back to me asking for favors. 1
- verb without object crawling to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things: The hut crawled with lizards and insects. 1
- verb without object crawling Ceramics. (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece. 1
- verb without object crawling (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface. 1
- verb with object crawling to visit or frequent a series of (especially bars): to crawl the neighborhood pubs. 1
- verb with object crawling Also, spider. Digital Technology. to retrieve (data) from a website using a computer program, as in order to index web pages for a search engine: Search engines are constantly crawling the web. 1
- noun crawling act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion. 1
- noun crawling a slow pace or rate of progress: Traffic slowed to a crawl. 1
- noun crawling Swimming. a stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick. 1
- noun crawling Television, Movies. titles that slowly move across a screen, providing information. 1
- noun crawling Present participle of crawl. 1
- noun crawling The motion of something that crawls. 0