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The word crawl has a number of uses:

  • Crawling is to move in a slow, creeping fashion, usually dragging the body along the ground by using the hands and knees. The term is often used to describe the motion of infants, or to describe the motion of a particularly slow process.
  • In swimming, a front crawl is one of techniques used to propel oneself in water.
  • In television, a news crawl is a moving line of text usually put at the bottom of the screen.
  • The Star Wars opening crawl begins each of the six Star Wars films, explaining that episode's place in the entire saga.
  • To crawl the World Wide Web or a similar medium is to visit a large number of sites, following many or all hyperlinks. The term is often used to describe how search engines gather their data. See also web crawler.
  • Crawl may also refer to the roguelike computer game Linley's Dungeon Crawl, or to the dungeon crawl style of gaming in general.
  • "Crawl" is the title of a song by Soul Asylum from their 1995 album Your Dim Light Shine.
  • "Crawl" is the title of a song by Damageplan from their 2004 album New Found Power.
  • "Crawl" Is the final track by Alkaline Trio off their 2001 album From Here To Infirmary.
  • "Crawl" is the title of a song by Thisway that appeared on their self titled album released on the Warner Bros. label in 1999, and was used in the final scene ever shown on the WB Network
  • "Crawl" is the title of a song by a New Zealand Rock band, Atlas (band) from their 2007 single.