What is another word for crawls?

Pronunciation: [kɹˈɔːlz] (IPA)

Crawls are often used to describe the slow movement of an animal or a person on their hands and knees. When looking for synonyms for crawls, there are a few options to choose from. One word commonly used is "creeps," which implies a sense of stealth or sneaking. Another option is "drags," which suggests a sense of difficulty or resistance. "Scrambles" can also be used to describe a more energetic and haphazard movement. Other possibilities include "scrabbles," "shuffles," and "wriggles." Each of these words varies slightly in connotation, making them useful for describing different types of crawling movements.

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Usage examples for Crawls

I believe it is a lamp for it to see its food by in the dark as it crawls over the grass.
"Lady Daisy and Other Stories"
Caroline Stewart
Now and then a camel crawls through but it is a tight squeeze, remarked Peter arching his gray, bushy eyebrows, a smile hovering about his lips.
"Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero"
F. Hopkinson Smith
It is terrible to have no door to lock, and to be entirely at the mercy of anything that creeps and crawls; to have only a mosquito-net between you and an awful end.
"Olivia in India"
O. Douglas

Famous quotes with Crawls

  • Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.
    Ivan Turgenev
  • Time, as is well known, sometimes flies like a bird and sometimes crawls like a worm, but human beings are generally particularly happy when they don't notice whether it's passing quickly or slowly.
    Ivan Turgenev
  • Evolution crawls to imperfection. It ends in extinction.
    J. Gregory Keyes
  • Evolution is a snail, but Revolution is a kangaroo; one crawls, other jumps!
    Mehmet Murat ildan
  • Man is head, chest and stomach. Each of these animals operates, more often than not, individually. I eat, I feel, I even, although rarely, think.... This jungle crawls and teems, is hungry, roars, gets angry, devours itself, and its cacophonic concert does not even stop when you are asleep.
    René Daumal

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