Crawl

Definitions

1. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
2. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
3. The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
4. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
5. A very slow pace.
   figuratively
6. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

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Examples

“My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.”

“22 March⟳ 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.”

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