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crawls

crawls is the plural of crawl.

crawls is the third-person singular simple present indicative of crawl.

Meaning of crawl

Noun (1)

crawl (plural crawls)

  1. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
  2. The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
  3. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
  4. (figuratively) A very slow pace.
    • My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
  5. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
    • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
      The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in...

Noun (2)

crawl (plural crawls)

  1. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

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Phrases with crawls

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Questions about crawls

What is crawls the plural of?
Crawls is the plural of crawl.

Words near crawls in the dictionary

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

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