crawling with some kind of creature

crawl with (someone or something)

To be filled or covered with people or things in motion. Ugh, the mall is crawling with teenagers tonight—let's get out of here. We took off running when we realized that the tree stump was crawling with bugs. This train station is crawling with people—the criminal probably slipped into the crowd and blended right in.

See also: crawl

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crawling with some kind of creature

[of a surface] covered with insects or animals, moving about. The basement was crawling with rats! We came home and found the kitchen floor crawling with ants.

See also: crawl, creature, kind, of

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