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crawl

2 noun
     
crawl2 [singular]
1TT a very slow speed:
The traffic had slowed to a crawl.
2DSS

the crawl

a way of swimming in which you lie on your stomach and move one arm, and then the other, over your head [↪ backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly]
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