- I heard that there is an Honors Chem. crawl.
Crawl [4]
analogy Noun; zero derivation
A crawl is an activity where people go to multiple private stops, which are most commonly students’ dorm rooms, and consume alcohol before going to the next stop. Crawls typically have a theme based off of organizations, classes, or possibly even race.
Etymology : The etymology for the original word is “1818, from crawl (v.); in the swimming sense from 1903, the stroke developed by Frederick Cavill, well-known English swimmer who emigrated to Australia and modified the standard stroke of the day after observing South Seas islanders. So called because the swimmer's motion in the water resembles crawling.” The current version of crawl, which is a verb, went through zero derivation to become a noun. The reason for the new meaning is that by the end of the crawl, the participants are supposed to be so drunk that they have to crawl from stop to stop.
Source : Student in my class (11/2015)
Last modified: 8 December 2015