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crawlings

crawlings is the plural of crawling.

Meaning of crawling

Noun

crawling (plural crawlings)

  1. The motion of something that crawls.
    • Miss Brass […] devoted herself with uncommon ardour to the study of the law; not wasting her speculations upon its eagle flights, which are rare, but tracing it attentively through all the slippery and eel-like crawlings in which it commonly pursues its way.1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC

Questions about crawlings

What is crawlings the plural of?
Crawlings is the plural of crawling.

Words near crawlings in the dictionary

  1. crawling pegs
  2. crawling up someone's ass
  3. crawling with
  4. crawlingly
  5. crawlingness
  6. crawlings
  7. crawls
  8. crawls before one walks
  9. crawls up someone's ass
  10. crawls with
  11. crawlsome

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