2 : to move or progress slowly or laboriously traffic crawling along at 10 miles an hour 3 : to advance by guile or servility crawling into favor by toadying to his boss

To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep: The baby crawled across the...

CRAWLING definition: 1. present participle of crawl 2. to move along on hands and knees or with your body stretched out…. Learn more.

to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner: Don't come crawling back to me asking for favors. to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things: The hut crawled with lizards and insects.

crawling Other forms: crawlings Definitions of crawling noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body synonyms: crawl, creep, creeping

• You don't have to look far to see these dumb creatures crawling across the branches of many organizations today. • Sobbing, gasping for breath, she began to crawl across the floor.

To crawl is to move along, close to the ground, either by wriggling the body or using hands and knees, as in The baby crawled along the floor on her hands and knees.

When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. Don't worry if your baby seems a little reluctant to crawl or walk. I began to crawl on my hands and knees toward the door. When an insect …

If you come/go crawling (back) to someone, you go to someone for help or approval in a way that shows you are weak or sorry for what you have done.

Definition of crawl verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.