Plural of crawl

regular plural

The plural of crawl is crawls.

Forms of crawl

The worm crawls through the ground.From the entry ground
As soon as a joey is born, it crawls into its mother's pouch.2006, Bobbie Kalman, Robin R. Johnson, Koalas and Other Marsupials, Crabtree Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 9. From the entry joey
Nox Ap seems to appear from the great beyond as the bumblebee queen crawls out of her warm hiding space.2024, Hetxw’ms Gyetxw Brett D. Huson, The Bee Mother. From the entry bee mother
Once the prey has been thoroughly stuck, the victorious dismalite gloatingly crawls out to further torment its helpless captive.2012, Richard Faulk, Gross America: Your Coast-to-Coast Guide to All Things Gross (ebook), Penguin Publishing Group, page 145. From the entry dismalite
They open the window and the elvess crawls out.2010 September 20, !!!OMGTPKLOL!!!, “TPK?”, in Telkarion (Google Groups), archived from the original on 03 Jan 2026. From the entry elvess

verb To move by dragging one's body along or close to a surface, like a worm or insect, or on one's hands and knees, like a human baby.
verb To move or progress slowly or laboriously, or with great difficulty (for example due to feebleness) or frequent stops.
verb To advance by guile and servility; to act in a servile manner, trying to please someone in order to gain favor.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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