Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 25 compound words that contain crawl. The most common are listed below. Open crawl in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- pub crawlThe visiting of a number of public houses in a single session.
- news crawlA line of text of latest news that moves across the lower part of a television screen.
- Australian crawlThe front crawl swimming stroke.
- back crawlA style of swimming using the backstroke.
- bear crawlThe act of crawling with the feet instead of the knees, creating an arched or squatted body posture.
- crawl spaceA level, narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.
- bar crawlSynonym of pub crawl: The visiting of a number of public houses in a single session.
- dot crawlA visual defect in a video signal, manifesting as animated checkerboard patterns that appear along horizontal colour transitions (vertical edges), and caused by intermodulation or crosstalk between chrominance and luminance components of …
- front crawlA style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes.
- dungeon crawlA role-playing game in which players navigate a labyrinthine environment, battling monsters and looting treasure.
- hex crawlA style of role-playing game in which players navigate an outdoor setting detailed on a hexagonal grid map, encountering monsters and hazards and visiting settlements and locales. Usually populated using tables for randomizing encounters …
- crawl over each otherTo compete with others eagerly or fiercely in pursuit of the same goal(s).
- make someone's skin crawlTo frighten or disgust.
- spider-crawlA gait or movement, typically made by a person, similar to a spider.
- army crawlTo crawl using only or primarily the arms, allowing the rest of the body to trail behind.
- crawl controlSlow cruise control for off-roading.
- crawl spacesplural of crawl space: A level, narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.
- crawl-insplural of crawl-in: A protest at which wheelchair users crawl into a location to highlight its lack of accessibility for disabled people.
- cross-crawlA movement pattern (as walking, crawling, or most swim strokes) in which one’s arms and legs move in opposition, e.g., the left arm and right leg move forward while the right arm and left leg move backward.
- high crawlSynonym of leopard crawl: A military-specific crawl in which an arm is advanced with the diagonal knee; designed for the smallest silhouette possible with most limbs touching the ground.
- turtle-crawlAn enclosure or pen in which turtles are kept.
- urban crawlA condition of hyperdensity, limited but enabling scale of communicative possibilities that converge opportunistically. It occurs when the pressure of an urban environment reaches a critical threshold in cities of developing countries.
- zombie crawlSynonym of zombie walk: A recreational public gathering of people dressed in zombie costumes who walk around an urban area.
- leopard crawlA military-specific crawl in which an arm is advanced with the diagonal knee; designed for the smallest silhouette possible with most limbs touching the ground.
- crawl-a-bottomnorthern hogsucker (Hypentelium nigricans, syn. Catostomus nigricans)
Compound words 25
- crawlerA child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
- acrawlCrawling.
- newscrawlAlternative form of news crawl: A line of text of latest news that moves across the lower part of a television screen.
- becrawlTo crawl about; crawl all over.
- crawlsomeIndicative of a crawl; characterised or marked by crawling
- crawlableCapable of being crawled.
- recrawlTo crawl again.
- backcrawlbackstroke
- bellycrawlTo crawl with one's belly touching the ground
- crawlwayA low duct or tunnel designed to be traversed by crawling.