Crawl, The Crawl, or crawling may refer to:
Biology
* Crawling, any type of
tetrapod
A tetrapod (; from Ancient Greek :wiktionary:τετρα-#Ancient Greek, τετρα- ''(tetra-)'' 'four' and :wiktionary:πούς#Ancient Greek, πούς ''(poús)'' 'foot') is any four-Limb (anatomy), limbed vertebrate animal of the clade Tetr ...
quadrupedal
Quadrupedalism is a form of Animal locomotion, locomotion in which animals have four legs that are used to weight-bearing, bear weight and move around. An animal or machine that usually maintains a four-legged posture and moves using all four l ...
locomotion with the
torso
The torso or trunk is an anatomical terminology, anatomical term for the central part, or the core (anatomy), core, of the body (biology), body of many animals (including human beings), from which the head, neck, limb (anatomy), limbs, tail an ...
persistently touching or very close to the ground.
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Crawling (human)
Crawling or quadrupedal movement is a method of human locomotion that makes use of all four limbs. It is one of the earliest gaits learned by human infants, and has similar features to four-limbed movement in other primates and in non-primate ...
, any of several types of human quadrupedal gait
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Limbless locomotion, the movement of limbless animals over the ground
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Undulatory locomotion
Undulatory locomotion is the type of motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward. Examples of this type of gait include crawling in snakes, or swimming in the lamprey. Although this is typically the ...
, a type of motion characterized by wave-like movement patterns that act to propel an animal forward
Gaming
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''Crawl'' (video game), a 2014 roguelike indie video game
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Dungeon crawl
A dungeon crawl is a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games (RPGs) in which heroes navigate a labyrinth environment (a "dungeon"), battling various monsters, avoiding traps, solving puzzles, and looting any treasure they may find. Video g ...
, a type of scenario in fantasy role-playing games
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Linley's Dungeon Crawl'' or ''Crawl'', a 1997 roguelike computer game
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Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
''Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup'' (''DCSS'') is a free and open source roguelike computer game and the community-developed successor to the 1997 roguelike game ''Linley's Dungeon Crawl'', originally programmed by Linley Henzell. It has been identifi ...
'', an ongoing open source fork of ''Linley's Dungeon Crawl''
Music
* The Crawl, backing band for
Mike Morgan
Albums
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''Crawl'' (album), by Deen, 2010
* ''Crawl'', by
Coffin Break
Coffin Break was a hardcore punk band from Seattle, Washington.
History
Coffin Break was formed in Seattle in the late-1980s, at the start of the grunge era. The group released its first two full-length albums and a compilation on C/Z Records. ...
, or the title song, 1991
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''Crawl'' (Entombed EP), 1991
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''Crawl'' (Laughing Hyenas EP), 1992
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''The Crawl'' (Louis Hayes album), 1990
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''The Crawl'' (Mickey Tucker album) or the title song, 1980
Songs
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"Crawl" (Atlas song), 2007
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"Crawl" (Childish Gambino song), 2014
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"Crawl" (Chris Brown song), 2009
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"Crawl" (Kings of Leon song), 2009
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"Crawling" (song), by Linkin Park, 2001
* "Crawl", by Alkaline Trio from ''
From Here to Infirmary'', 2001
* "Crawl", by Anthrax from ''
Worship Music
Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a distinct genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has evolved over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are of ...
'', 2011
* "Crawl", by Bad Omens from ''
Bad Omens
Bad Omens is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2015 by vocalist and producer Noah Sebastian, guitarist Nicholas Ruffilo, and bassist Vincent Riquier. The band was later joined by guitarist and pr ...
'', 2016
* "Crawl", by Breaking Benjamin from ''
Dear Agony
''Dear Agony'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Breaking Benjamin. It was released on September 29, 2009. A Best Buy edition, Japanese import version, and Zune exclusive version were also released, all of which feature bonus conte ...
'', 2009
* "Crawl", by Damageplan from ''
New Found Power'', 2004
* "Crawl", by Miss May I from ''
Shadows Inside'', 2017
* "Crawl", by Norman Iceberg from ''
Person(a)'', 1987
* "Crawl", by Soul Asylum from ''
Let Your Dim Light Shine
''Let Your Dim Light Shine'' is the seventh studio album by American rock band Soul Asylum, released June 6, 1995, on Columbia Records. Critically, it suffered in comparison to its predecessor, '' Grave Dancers Union'', the band's breakout releas ...
'', 1995
* "Crawl", by Stabbing Westward from ''
Dead and Gone'', 2020
* "Crawl", by Staind from ''
Dysfunction'', 1999
* "Crawl", by
Thisway, 1999
* "Crawlin, by Alice Cooper from ''
Constrictor'', 1986
* "Crawling", by Bullet for My Valentine from ''
Gravity
In physics, gravity (), also known as gravitation or a gravitational interaction, is a fundamental interaction, a mutual attraction between all massive particles. On Earth, gravity takes a slightly different meaning: the observed force b ...
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* "Crawling", by Riot from ''
Immortal Soul
Christian mortalism is the Christian belief that the human soul is not naturally immortal and may include the belief that the soul is "sleeping" after death until the Resurrection of the Dead and the Last Judgment, a time known as the intermedi ...
'', 2011
* "The Crawl", by Placebo from ''
Without You I'm Nothing'', 1998
* "The Crawl", by Smash Mouth from ''
Summer Girl'', 2006
Television and film
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''Crawl'' (2011 film), an Australian horror film
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''Crawl'' (2019 film), an American horror film
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"Crawling" (''Teletubbies''), a television episode
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"The Crawl" (''New Girl''), a television episode
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News crawl or news ticker, a moving line of text on a TV screen
Other uses
* Crawl of websites for indexing or archiving purposes, using a
web crawler
Web crawler, sometimes called a spider or spiderbot and often shortened to crawler, is an Internet bot that systematically browses the World Wide Web and that is typically operated by search engines for the purpose of Web indexing (''web spider ...
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Front crawl
The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl or American crawl, is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a ...
, a swimming stroke
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Pub crawl
A pub crawl (sometimes called a bar tour, bar crawl or bar-hopping) is the act of visiting multiple pubs or bars in a single session.
Background
Many European cities have public pub crawls that serve as social gatherings for local expatriates ...
, an evening devoted to drinking at a series of pubs
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Driving
Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle, including cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. A driver's permission to drive on public highways is granted based on a set of conditions being met, and drivers are required to ...
at a very slow speed
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Rock crawling
Rock crawling is an extreme form of Off-roading, off-road driving using specialized vehicles ranging from stock to highly modified, to overcome obstacles. In rock crawling, drivers typically drive highly modified four-wheel-drive vehicles such ...
, an
off-roading
Off-roading is the act of driving or riding in a vehicle on unpaved surfaces such as sand, dirt, gravel, riverbeds, mud, snow, rocks, or other natural terrain. Off-roading ranges from casual drives with regular vehicles to competitive events w ...
sport involving driving
sport utility vehicle
A sport utility vehicle (SUV) is a car classification that combines elements of road-going passenger cars with features from off-road vehicles, such as raised ground clearance and four-wheel drive.
There is no commonly agreed-upon definitio ...
s and
truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construct ...
s up rocky terrains
See also
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Formication
Formication is the sensation resembling that of small insects crawling on (or delusional parasitosis, under) the skin, in the absence of actual insects. It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which also include the ...
, a sensation as if covered with crawling insects
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''Star Wars'' opening crawl, the scrolling text at the beginning of the ''Star Wars'' films
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Crawler (disambiguation)
Crawler may refer to:
* Web crawler, a computer program that gathers and categorizes information on the World Wide Web
* A first-instar nymph of a scale insect that has legs and walks around before it attaches itself and becomes stationary
* Crawl ...
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