All crawl synonyms
crawl
C c verb crawl
- poke β to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- slither β to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- drag β drag and drop
- wriggle β to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
- plod β to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- slide β to move along in continuous contact with a smooth or slippery surface: to slide down a snow-covered hill.
- squirm β to wriggle or writhe.
- clamber β If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet.
- inch β a small island near the seacoast.
- creep β When people or animals creep somewhere, they move quietly and slowly.
- writhe β to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
- grovel β to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- lag β netlag
- lollygag β lallygag.
- worm β Write-Once Read-Many
- scrabble β to scratch or scrape, as with the claws or hands.
- fawn β a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- toady β an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- cringe β If you cringe at something, you feel embarrassed or disgusted, and perhaps show this feeling in your expression or by making a slight movement.
- truckle β to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually followed by to): Don't truckle to unreasonable demands.
- skulk β to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason: The thief skulked in the shadows.
- scuttle β Nautical. a small hatch or port in the deck, side, or bottom of a vessel. a cover for this.
- sneak β to go in a stealthy or furtive manner; slink; skulk.
- slink β to move or go in a furtive, abject manner, as from fear, cowardice, or shame.
- suck up β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- flatter β to make flat.
- butter up β If someone butters you up, they try to please you because they want you to help or support them.
- edge β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- snake β any of numerous limbless, scaly, elongate reptiles of the suborder Serpentes, comprising venomous and nonvenomous species inhabiting tropical and temperate areas.
- scramble β to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
- apologise β to offer an apology or excuse for some fault, insult, failure, or injury: He apologized for accusing her falsely.
- apologize β When you apologize to someone, you say that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them. You can say 'I apologize' as a formal way of saying sorry.
- eat humble pie β humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation.
- eat crow β any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- hang back β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- apple-polish β to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
noun crawl
- footpace β walking pace.
- tootle β to toot gently or repeatedly on a flute or the like.
- snail's pace β an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
adjective crawl
- overspread β to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- worrier β to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- infest β to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- filler β an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- packer β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- swarm β a body of honeybees that emigrate from a hive and fly off together, accompanied by a queen, to start a new colony.
- crawler β A crawler is a computer program that visits websites and collects information when you do an Internet search.
- harrier β one of a breed of medium-sized hounds, used, usually in packs, in hunting.