crawling

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪŋ

Verb

crawling

1. present participle and gerund of crawl

Noun

crawling (plural crawlings)

1. The motion of something that crawls.
   • 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:

     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.

Derived terms

• night crawling
• wallcrawling

 

Anagrams

• claw ring