belly crawl
Low prone movement
A belly crawl is a method of moving forward while lying flat on your stomach, using elbows and knees to propel yourself along the ground.
Soldiers belly crawl under barbed wire during training.
Children belly crawl through tunnels at playgrounds.
The movement keeps the body as low as possible, useful for staying hidden or fitting through tight spaces: We had to belly crawl through the mud to reach the observation point.
- slitherGlide smoothly, sinuously
- proneInclined or face-down
- hit the deckFall flat suddenly
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- commandoSpecial operations soldier
stealth · mud · dirt · down and dirty · under the wire · obstacle course · boot camp · basic training · elbows · knees · ground · low · on all fours · creep · snake · inch · wriggle · drag