crawling
Inching along slowly
Crawling is moving on hands and knees, or with the body close to the ground—the way babies move before walking, or soldiers under fire.
Insects and other small creatures crawl.
Traffic crawls when it moves painfully slowly.
A place crawling with something is overrun: The beach was crawling with tourists.
Skin crawls when something provokes revulsion or unease.
Moving very slowly
- glacialOf frozen rivers
- sluggishSlow and inactive
- inchingMoving very gradually
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
dawdling · lethargic · torpid · languid · traffic · gridlock · bumper-to-bumper · standstill
Very young child
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- scootingMoving rapidly, often seated
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- developmentProgress toward maturity
floor · playmat · mobility · nursery · diapers · onesie · teething · gurgling
Hasty, low scurrying motion
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
- skitteringMoving with quick, light steps
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
inchworm · clambering · prowling · slinking · sneaking · shuffling · gliding · tiptoeing
Small crawling creatures
- spidersWeb-spinning eight-legged creatures
- antsSocial colony insects
- beetlesHard-winged insects
- centipedesMulti-legged segmented arthropods
cockroaches · larvae · caterpillars · worms · maggots · ticks · mites · woodlice
Web-spinning arachnid
- botAutomated software agent
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- SEOImproving site discoverability
- scrapingRubbing away material
spidering · sitemap · algorithm · ranking · SERP · metadata · domain · backlinks
Body's outer layer
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- itchingIrritating skin sensation
creepy · shivers · unease · heebie-jeebies · chills · bristling · hair-raising · eerie
snail-paced
Moving very slowly
plodding · dawdling · lethargic · torpid · languid · traffic · gridlock · bumper-to-bumper · standstill · delay
baby
Very young child
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- scootingMoving rapidly, often seated
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
development · floor · playmat · mobility · nursery · diapers · onesie · teething · gurgling · cooing
scuttling
Hasty, low scurrying motion
- scurryingHasty, light-footed motion
- slitheringSmooth limbless locomotion
- skitteringMoving with quick, light steps
wriggling · inchworm · clambering · prowling · slinking · sneaking · shuffling · gliding · tiptoeing · dragging
bugs
Small crawling creatures
centipedes · cockroaches · larvae · caterpillars · worms · maggots · ticks · mites · woodlice · earwigs
spider
Web-spinning arachnid
- botAutomated software agent
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- SEOImproving site discoverability
scraping · spidering · sitemap · algorithm · ranking · SERP · metadata · domain · backlinks · robots.txt
skin
Body's outer layer
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
- pricklingSharp tingling sensation
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
itching · creepy · shivers · unease · heebie-jeebies · chills · bristling · hair-raising · eerie
- childhoodchildhood, baby, child, kid, toys
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- kid activitiesplaying, running, jumping, climbing, swinging
- toddlerstoddler, three-year-old, toddlerhood, terrible twos, first steps
crawlingdefiant
Openly resisting control
standing tall · proud · dignified · assertive · commanding
- crawling withHeavily infested by
- crawling sensationIllusory skin-level movement
- rock crawlingExtreme off-road driving discipline
- dungeon crawlingExploring dangerous underground labyrinths
- web crawlingAutomated site traversal
- wall crawlingLocomotion on vertical planes
crawl, creeping, crawls, crawled, crawler, crawlway, crawlways