verb

 

person to move on your hands and knees

I crawled under the desk to plug the lamp in.

 

animal If an insect crawls, it uses its legs to move.

There's an ant crawling up your leg.

 

traffic If traffic crawls, it moves extremely slowly.

We were crawling along at 10 miles per hour.

 

try to please to try to please someone because you want them to like you or help you

My brother is always crawling to Mum.

 

noun

 

speed a very slow speed

Traffic slowed to a crawl.

 

swimming a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs