Definition of sprawls:
(v) :
To spread out in a disorderly fashion; to straggle.
(n) :
A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
(v) :
To sit with the limbs spread out.
(n) :
An ungainly sprawling posture.
(v) :
(wrestling, martial arts) To scoot the legs backwards, so as to land on the upper back of an opponent attempting a takedown.
(n) :
(wrestling, martial arts) A defensive technique that is done in response to certain takedown attempts, where one scoots the legs backwards so as to land on the upper back of the opponent.