Crawl definition

(1) A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

"A crawl was all that the injured man could manage"

"The traffic moved at a creep"

(2) A very slow movement

"The traffic advanced at a crawl"

(3) A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

(4) Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

(5) Swim by doing the crawl

"European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

(6) Show submission or fear

(7) Be crawling with

"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

(8) Feel as if crawling with insects

"My skin crawled--I was terrified"