present participle and gerund of crawl

The motion of something that crawls.

(idiomatic) To frighten or disgust.

A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk. / (sports) A crawl swimmer. / A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.

(Australia, obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant. / (UK, Australia, slang) A sycophant.

An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from several different place names. / An earldom in the peerage of Scotland.

The visiting of a number of public houses in a single session.

simple past tense and past participle of crawl

(transitive, idiomatic) To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.

(Southern US, Midwestern US and Western US) Various freshwater crustaceans, crayfish. / (South Africa) Various marine crustaceans, rock lobster; especially Jasus lalandii, the Cape crawfish.