crawl

krɔːl

verb

move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.

they crawled from under the table

creep,go on all fours,move on hands and knees,inch,drag oneself along,pull oneself along,drag,trail,slither,slink,squirm,wriggle,writhe,scrabble,worm one’s way,advance slowly/stealthily,sneak

noun

an act of moving on one’s hands and knees or dragging one’s body along the ground.

they began the crawl back to their own lines