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There are a few images in 'Exorcist 3' that scared me - people crawling on ceilings, etc. - but nothing beats the original. Even the book scared me to death.
Christine Elise

Meaning of "crawling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRAWLING

crawling  [ˈkrɔːlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRAWLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crawling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRAWLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Crawl

Crawl or crawling may refer to: ▪ Crawling, any of several types of human quadrupedal gait ▪ Limbless locomotion, the movement of limbless animals over the ground ▪ Undulatory locomotion, a type of motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward ▪ Front crawl, a swimming stroke ▪ News crawl or news ticker, a moving line of text on screen during TV news programs or in other contexts ▪ Pub crawl, an evening devoted to drinking at a series of pubs ▪ Dungeon crawl, a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games ▪ Linley's Dungeon Crawl or Crawl, a 1997 roguelike computer game ▪ Web crawler, a software program to automatically download web pages ▪ Rock crawling, an off-road truck sport...

Definition of crawling in the English dictionary

The definition of crawling in the dictionary is a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRAWLING


appalling
əˈpɔːlɪŋ
bawling
ˈbɔːlɪŋ
brawling
ˈbrɔːlɪŋ
calling
ˈkɔːlɪŋ
caterwauling
ˈkætəˌwɔːlɪŋ
disinthralling
ˌdɪsɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ
drawling
ˈdrɔːlɪŋ
enthralling
ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ
falling
ˈfɔːlɪŋ
footballing
ˈfʊtˌbɔːlɪŋ
galling
ˈɡɔːlɪŋ
kerb-crawling
kɜːb ˈkrɔːlɪŋ
morling
ˈmɔːlɪŋ
paintballing
ˈpeɪntˌbɔːlɪŋ
Pauling
ˈpɔːlɪŋ
sprawling
ˈsprɔːlɪŋ
squalling
ˈskwɔːlɪŋ
trawling
ˈtrɔːlɪŋ
unrecalling
ˌʌnrɪˈkɔːlɪŋ
warling
ˈwɔːlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRAWLING

craw
craw-thumper
crawdad
crawdaddy
crawfish
Crawford
crawl
crawl space
crawler
crawler lane
crawler track
crawlers
Crawley
crawlier
crawliest
crawling peg
crawlingly
crawlway
crawly

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRAWLING

bowling
carpet bowling
cowling
crown green bowling
curb crawling
feeling
five-pin bowling
fowling
handling
howling
kerb crawling
mailing
pair trawling
prowling
Rowling
scowling
seam bowling
tenpin bowling
wildfowling
yowling

Synonyms and antonyms of crawling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CRAWLING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «crawling» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of crawling

Translation of «crawling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRAWLING

Find out the translation of crawling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crawling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crawling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爬行
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrastrándose
570 millions of speakers

English

crawling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेंगने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزحف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ползать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rastejando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হামাগুড়ি দিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rampant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merangkak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

krabbeln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

巡回
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

크롤링
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

mbrangkang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஊர்ந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रॉलिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

emekleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strisciando
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

indeksowania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повзати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crawling
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σέρνεται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kruip
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

krypande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kryp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crawling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAWLING»

The term «crawling» is very widely used and occupies the 22.362 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAWLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crawling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crawling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crawling

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10 QUOTES WITH «CRAWLING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word crawling.
1
Adam Arkin
The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're probably getting, as a general theme from me, that I don't make a lot of broad, sweeping rules about movies.
2
Stan Brakhage
How many colours are there in a field of grass to the crawling baby unaware of 'green'? How many rainbows can light create for the untutored eye?
3
Fawn M. Brodie
Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense.
4
Helena Christensen
So many times I've wanted to crack up, standing there stiff while seven women are crawling round my toes fixing hems and the designer's having a freak-out because the denim cuffs are crooked. I'm on the verge of hysteria.
5
Hume Cronyn
I've had a bad time, which we won't dwell on. We were married and we worked together for 52 years, and suddenly with her gone I was a quadriplegic. Slowly I'm crawling back.
6
Pauly D
My mother got me into music when I was a little kid. She used to play music, blast it, when she was cleaning the house, while I was crawling around. I just love loud music.
7
Roald Dahl
I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawling out, getting rescued by brave soldiers.
8
Mike deGruy
I grew up in Mobile, Alabama - somebody's got to be from Mobile, right? - and Mobile sits at the confluence of five rivers, forming this beautiful delta. And the delta has alligators crawling in and out of rivers filled with fish and cypress trees dripping with snakes, birds of every flavor.
9
Christine Elise
There are a few images in 'Exorcist 3' that scared me - people crawling on ceilings, etc. - but nothing beats the original. Even the book scared me to death.
10
Siri Hustvedt
Sleep resistance, bouts of insomnia, nightmares, night terrors, crawling into bed with parents in the middle of the night - all these are so common among children, it seems fair to call them 'normal.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAWLING»

Discover the use of crawling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crawling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Web Crawling
Web Crawling is intended for anyone who wishes to understand or develop crawler software, or conduct research related to crawling.
Christopher Olston, Marc Najork, 2010
2
Crawling from the Wreckage
In this illuminating collection of columns from the last five years, Gwynne Dyer ferrets out the signs of hope — without overlooking the issues that remain seemingly intractable.
Gwynne Dyer, 2011
3
Crawling: A Father's First Year
He has done what every new parent is too busy, or too tired, to do—captured with grace the joys, fears, and stumbles of learning to raise a child for the first time. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Elisha Cooper, 2006
4
They Died Crawling, and Other Tales of Cleveland Woe: True ...
The foulest crimes and worst in Cleveland history are recounted in these 15 incredible-but-true tales.
John Stark Bellamy, II, 1995
5
Crawling Arnold
THE STORY: Barry and Grace Enterprise, a couple in their seventies, have two sons; one a thriving two-year-old and the other Arnold, a young man in his thirties who crawls on all fours, insists on a lemon peel in his martini, and is forever ...
Jules Feiffer, 1963
6
Crawling At Night
Crawling at Night brilliantly reveals the cityscape of today's global city and makes visible the people often condemned to its shadows: in the late night Chinatown clubs; in the downtown restaurants after the CLOSED sign goes up; and behind ...
Nani Power, 2012
7
White Man Crawling:
White Man Crawling is a collection of short stories and poems by the award winning Bulawayo writer John Eppel.
Eppel, John, 2008
8
Crawling Round South Oakwood
Crawling Round South Oakwood follows five friends – Malcolm, Alasdair, Tarquin, Joss and Blake – on a series of pub crawls round their home town.
Stephen Slaughter, 2012
9
Hardy Boys The New Case Files #1: Crawling with Zombies
This story sets up one of the most unexpected events in Hardy Boys history – but that’s the shocking story that awaits in THE HARDY BOYS: THE NEW CASE FILES Graphic Novel #2!
Gerry Conway, 2010
10
Dancing, Dying, Crawling, Crying: Stories of Continuity and ...
Through these stories he poses the question that hangs over Tikopia and all such communities: how best can traditional societies benefit from the modern world without completely losing their distinctive culture and identity?"--Cover.
Julian Treadaway, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAWLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crawling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Widow spiders crawling in grapes
Table grapes imported from Mexico have been pulled from New Zealand supermarket shelves after black widows, as well as other species of ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
2
Greeks Ready For Angela Merkel To Come Crawling Back
angelamerkel Everyone's got to make sacrifices in a relationship, Angie. Alex promises he won't bring his annoying friend Yanis to dinner ... «DealBreaker, Jul 15»
3
A closer look at a creeping, crawling, curious animal
A closer look at a creeping, crawling, curious animal. New research, recently published in BMC Evolutionary Biology, provides new insights into ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
4
Crawling robot patrols Alaska pipeline's formerly 'unpiggable' pipes
The crawler pig enters a pipeline at Pump Station 9 near Delta Junction for an inspection in May, 2015. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
5
In e-age, desi snail mail still crawling along
MUMBAI: Often when there is a heavy traffic jam, cabbie Surya Prasad (name changed) turns to a friendly passenger, hands over a blank post ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Huge centipede found crawling at a State Park in Texas
This giant redheaded centipede was found crawling around at Garner State Park in Uvalde County in the Hill Country. (Texas Parks and ... «WABC-TV, Jul 15»
7
REVIEW: Doctor Who: The Crawling Terror by Mike Tucker
My appetite whetted, I hungrily devoured The Crawling Terror, one of the two remaining Twelfth Doctor adventures released last fall by BBC ... «Doctor Who Watch, Jul 15»
8
Holiday traffic crawling on I-83 in Harrisburg, Route 15 in Dillsburg
According to PennDOT, some highways around Harrisburg are seeing slow moving traffic as the workweek ends for some and the holiday ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Toddlers have fun crawling at Turtle Festival in Sea Isle City
SEA ISLE CITY – The city's annual Sara the Turtle Festival featured crawling races for babies and running for older kids at Excursion Park, ... «Shore News Today, Jul 15»
10
Texas-sized centipede found crawling at Garner State Park
This giant redheaded centipede was found crawling around at Garner State Park in Uvalde County in the Hill Country. (Texas Parks and ... «abc7news.com, Jul 15»

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