crawling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹaːlɪn/ (Northumbria)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkɹɑlɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ˈkɹɔːlɪŋ/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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The motion of something that crawls.
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.
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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crawlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
wallcrawling · lob-crawling · precrawling · night crawling
Translations (15)
es gateado (motion of a thing that crawls) · fi konttaus (motion of a thing that crawls) · ru по́лзание (motion of a thing that crawls) · fi matelu (motion of a thing that crawls) · es gateo (motion of a thing that crawls) · hu négykézláb mászás/mászkálás (motion of a thing that crawls) · eo rampado (motion of a thing that crawls) · ga lámhacán (motion of a thing that crawls) · pt rastejo (motion of a thing that crawls) · fi ryömintä (motion of a thing that crawls) · es reptación (motion of a thing that crawls) · he זחילה (motion of a thing that crawls) · es gateamiento (motion of a thing that crawls) · bg пълзене (motion of a thing that crawls) · he הזדחלות (motion of a thing that crawls)