acrawl

adjective

ə-ˈkrȯl

: crawling

like young black india-rubber kittens—all acrawl

—H. G. Wells

highways acrawl with cars

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 1 + crawl, verb

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

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