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    Patwa headword

    Crawl

    /KRAWL/

    Verb
    Gloss
    "Struggle / Move slowly"
    Definition
    To progress very slowly or struggle through hard times.
    Example
    "Tings slow, mi just a crawl."
    Origin
    English.

    As an everyday term, Crawl is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.