crawly
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈkrɔːli/
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bicho
- The amount of worms and goodies and creepy crawlies on this thing is crazy.
- creepy crawlies
World that blows up and there's creepy crawlies around?
- World that blows up and there's creepy crawlies around?
Examples
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The children were excited to discover many different crawly creatures in the garden.
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During the summer, we often find crawly insects hiding under the rocks by the river.
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None of their little creepy-crawlies can grow inside human bodies and make you sick.
Fiction book (1998) -
I gotta kill the creepy-crawlies that I got inside my tummy.
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Did you rinse off all the creepy-crawlies?
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Surprise, you probably have these creepy crawlies living in your eyelashes and we have Noah.
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Unlike the creepy-crawlies on the ceiling and things that lived under children's beds, it was a real fear.
Fiction book (1992) -
Since they do have access to the outdoors, they scratch and peck and eat whatever creepy crawlies they may fancy.
Blog text (23) -
Oogie Boogie is an enormous shapeless sack, bulging with creepy-crawlies.
Fiction book (1993) -
The scientist studied various types of crawly animals in their natural habitat.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small insect like an ant or beetle
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4.6
A person, animal, or machine that moves close to the ground
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7.8
A small crawling creature like an insect or spider that scares people
Small crawling animals like worms or bugs
A small larva that lives in water and moves by twisting
A small thin snake that looks like a worm and lives under stones or logs
A long animal without legs that looks like a small snake and lives in soil
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Etymology
The word crawly comes from crawl ('to move on hands or belly') plus -y ('full of'), and it can be used as a noun for a small creature that crawls, so a 'crawly' is simply a little bug or worm that moves by crawling.