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spider-crawl

spider-crawl noun: a gait or movement, typically made by a person, similar to a spider.

Noun

spider-crawl (plural spider-crawls)

  1. A gait or movement, typically made by a person, similar to a spider.

Verb

spider-crawl (third-person singular simple present spider-crawls, present participle spider-crawling, simple past and past participle spider-crawled)

  1. To move in a manner similar to a spider.
    • Planning a climbing strategy, he spider-crawled by finding finger and foot holds into the captain's cabin.2004 June 3, Jim Chobat, Jackie Chobat, Shiver Me Timbers!: 5 Curious Pirate Tales, page 116

Forms of spider-crawl

Noun
pluralspider-crawls
Verb
third-person singular presentspider-crawls
present participlespider-crawling
past participlespider-crawled
pastspider-crawled

Origin of spider-crawl

spider + crawl.

Questions about spider-crawl

What does spider-crawl mean?
Spider-crawl means a gait or movement, typically made by a person, similar to a spider.
What part of speech is spider-crawl?
Spider-crawl can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of spider-crawl?
The plural of spider-crawl is spider-crawls.

Words near spider-crawl in the dictionary

  1. spider's ankles
  2. spider's web
  3. spider's webs
  4. spider-catcher
  5. spider-catchers
  6. spider-crawl
  7. spider-hunting wasp
  8. spider-hunting wasps
  9. spider-like
  10. Spider-Man
  11. Spider-Man kiss

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