crawl vs dart

crawl

noun
  • The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc. 

  • A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. 

  • A very slow pace. 

  • A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image. 

  • The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl). 

  • A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish. 

verb
  • To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching. 

  • To swim using the crawl stroke. 

  • To move forward slowly, with frequent stops. 

  • To act in a servile manner. 

  • To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. 

  • To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops. 

  • To move over (an area) on hands and knees. 

  • Followed by with: see crawl with. 

  • To feel a swarming sensation. 

dart

noun
  • A sudden or fast movement. 

  • A fish, the dace. 

  • Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly. 

  • A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. 

  • Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow. 

  • A cigarette. 

  • Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon. 

  • A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts. 

  • A fold that is stitched on a garment. 

  • A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters. 

verb
  • To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch. 

  • To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart. 

  • To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly. 

  • To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot. 

  • To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along. 

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