The word that means to go on hands and knees and rhymes with bawl is "crawl."
Creep can sometimes be a verb that means crawl in a sense.
creep
The simple past tense of crawl is crawled. It means the person walked slowly in the past.
Wriggle or crawl
crawl I crawl, you crawl, he crawls, we crawl, they crawl.
crawl I crawl, you crawl, he crawls, we crawl, they crawl.
The future tense of "crawl" is "will crawl".
scamper means to crawl away rapidly.To rush about hastily...
It should be "trying to walk when you can't even crawl". It means you aren't mature enough to do or try what you are doing. Like a baby ... trying to walk before you can crawl.
Crawling means walking slowly on hands and knees. Fozia Izhar
reptile pretty much means creep or crawl in latin