crawl in Japanese
crawl in Japanese is クロール, 這う — crawl means to move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
crawl in Japanese
クロール
Pronounced: kurōru
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
這う
Pronounced: hau
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
What does "crawl" mean?
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verb To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
"The baby crawled across the living room floor toward her toy."
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verb To move or progress very slowly.
"Traffic crawled along the highway during rush hour."
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verb For a computer program to automatically visit and index web pages.
"Search engines crawl billions of pages to build their index."
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noun A very slow pace, or a tour of several bars in one night ("bar crawl").
"They organized a pub crawl for the birthday celebration."
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crawl in a sentence
- The baby crawled across the living room floor toward her toy.
- Soldiers crawled through the mud to stay below the gunfire.
- Traffic crawled along the highway during rush hour.
- Search engines crawl billions of pages to build their index.
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What is "crawl" in Japanese?
"crawl" in Japanese is クロール, 這う. crawl means: To move on hands and knees, or drag the body low along a surface.
How do you pronounce クロール?
"crawl" in Japanese is クロール, pronounced "kurōru".
How do you use "crawl" in a sentence?
Example: "The baby crawled across the living room floor toward her toy." In Japanese, "crawl" is クロール, 這う.
Are there other ways to say "crawl" in Japanese?
Yes — Japanese has 2 translations listed for "crawl": クロール, 這う.
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