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news crawl

news crawl noun: a line of text of latest news that moves across the lower part of a television screen.

Noun

news crawl (usually uncountable, plural news crawls)

  1. (usually) A line of text of latest news that moves across the lower part of a television screen.

Forms of news crawl

pluralnews crawls
alternative formnewscrawl

Questions about news crawl

What does news crawl mean?
News crawl means a line of text of latest news that moves across the lower part of a television screen.
What part of speech is news crawl?
News crawl is a noun.
What is the plural of news crawl?
The plural of news crawl is news crawls.

Words near news crawl in the dictionary

  1. news channels
  2. news conference
  3. news conferences
  4. news correspondent
  5. news correspondents
  6. news crawl
  7. news crawls
  8. news cycle
  9. news cycles
  10. news cyclone
  11. news cyclones

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