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crawl
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: krôl, IPA(key): /k???l/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: kräl, IPA(key): /k??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Etymology 1
From Middle English crawlen, creulen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (compare Danish kravle (“to crawl, creep”), Swedish kravla), from Proto-Germanic *krabl?n? (compare Dutch krabbelen, Low German krabbeln, Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of *krabb?n? (“to scratch, scrape”). More at crab.
Verb
crawl (third-person singular simple present crawls, present participle crawling, simple past and past participle crawled)
- (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
- 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra
- A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it crawls from one thing to another.
- 1701, Nehemiah Grew, Cosmologia Sacra
- (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
- (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
- (intransitive, with "with") See crawl with.
- (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
- (intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
- (transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees.
- (Should we delete(+) this sense?)(intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated.
- (transitive) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
Derived terms
- crawler
Descendants
- German: kraulen
Translations
Noun
crawl (plural crawls)
- The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
- A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
- (figuratively) A very slow pace.
- My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
- (television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[2]
- 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.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[2]
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Portuguese: crol, crawl
Translations
Etymology 2
Compare kraal.
Noun
crawl (plural crawls)
- A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English crawl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?ol/
Noun
crawl m (plural crawls)
- crawl (swimming stroke)
Further reading
- “crawl” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English crawl.
Noun
crawl m (plural crawl)
- crawl (swimming stroke)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English crawl.
Noun
crawl m (uncountable)
- (proscribed) Alternative spelling of crol
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English crawl.
Noun
crawl c (uncountable)
- crawl; swimming stroke
Declension
Related terms
- crawla
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fling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fl??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English fling, from the verb (see below). Compare Icelandic flengur (“a fast sprint”).
Noun
fling (plural flings)
- An act of throwing, often violently.
- An act of moving the limbs or body with violent movements, especially in a dance.
- An act or period of unrestrained indulgence.
- 1838, Douglas William Jerrold, Men of Character
- When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure.
- 1838, Douglas William Jerrold, Men of Character
- A short casual sexual relationship.
- Synonym: hookup
- (figuratively) An attempt, a try (as in "give it a fling").
- (obsolete) A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe or taunt.
- c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady
- I, who love to have a fling, / Both at senate house and king.
- c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady
- A lively Scottish country dance.
- (obsolete) A trifling matter; an object of contempt.
- ante 1800, old proverb
- England were but a fling / Save for the crooked stick and the grey goose wing.
- ante 1800, old proverb
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English flingen, flengen, from Old Norse flengja (“to whip”), from Proto-Germanic *flangijan? (“to beat, whip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?k- (“to beat”). Cognate with Icelandic flengja (“to spank”), Norwegian flengja (“to rip, tear, or fling open”).
Verb
fling (third-person singular simple present flings, present participle flinging, simple past flung or (colloquial or dialectal, nonstandard) flang or (nonstandard) flinged, past participle flung or (nonstandard) flinged)
- (intransitive, now archaic) To move (oneself) abruptly or violently; to rush or dash.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 113:
- I see, sir, said I, I see what a man I am with. […] And away I flung, leaving him seemingly vexed, and in confusion.
- I flung closer to his breast, / As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 113:
- (transitive) To throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
- I know thy generous temper well. / Fling but the appearance of dishonour on it, / It straight takes fire.
- (intransitive, archaic) To throw; to wince; to flounce.
- 1836, Helen Crocket, The Ettrick Shepherd's Last Tale
- The horse flung most potently, making his heels fly aloft in the air.
- 1836, Helen Crocket, The Ettrick Shepherd's Last Tale
- (intransitive, archaic) To utter abusive language; to sneer.
Translations
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