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crawl

/kˈɹɔːl/KRAWL
/kˈɹɔl/KRAWL

Meaningto paw with the hands

Common meaning: to move on hands and knees

Journey through time

  1. Old Norse (Icelandic)krafla‘to paw, scrabble’source
  2. Early English spellingcrallsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto paw, scrabble → to move on hands and kneescrawl‘to move on hands and knees’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) krafla ‘to paw with the hands’.

Roots

  • krafla Old Norse (Icelandic) “to paw with the hands”

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