crawler
A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walkA child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
» Web crawlers are also called web spiders, from which the name is derived.
Meaning
9 sensesA child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
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A crawl swimmer.
A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
Raupe
гу́сеничный тра́кторgúseničnyj tráktor
(Internet)A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
Synonym of crawler crane.
(Australia, UK, slang)A sycophant.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
(Australia, obsolete)A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
Examples
1 sentencesWeb crawlers are also called web spiders, from which the name is derived.
Translations
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Origin
From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er. From crawl (“From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.
From crawl (“to act in a servile manner”) + -er.
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Forms
plural: crawlersSynonyms
16 synonyms- a person who crawls or creeps along the ground:creeper
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage:sycophanttoadylackeyass-kisser
- terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers:earthwormanglewormfishwormfishing wormwigglernightwalkernightcrawlerdew worm