Crawlování

Crawlování is a Czech noun that denotes the act or process of crawling. It is formed from the English verb crawl with the Czech suffix -ování. In everyday Czech, the more common term for the same phenomenon is plazení, so crawlování often appears as a loanword in technical, educational, or cross-linguistic contexts.

In developmental psychology and pediatrics, crawlování can refer to the stage when an infant moves on hands and knees, a transition most often described in Czech as plazení. In fitness and sports, the term is used for crawling-based exercises such as the bear crawl or the army crawl, designed to strengthen the core and improve mobility. In military training, crawling is described as a low-profile movement used to reduce exposure.

In information technology and internet terminology, crawlování is used by some to mean automated retrieval of web pages; however, standard Czech would more commonly say procházení webu or webové prohledávání. Crawlování may appear in bilingual or informal IT texts, sometimes alongside the verb crawlovat or crawlovat.

Linguistically, crawlování coexists with plazení as a surface-level synonym, with crawlování more likely to appear in contexts that adopt or translate English terminology. Related terms include plazení and plazivost, reflecting the broader semantic field of ground-level movement.

See also: plazení; web crawling.