crawler
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crawler¹
Rhymes with -ɔːlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.
noun crawlers
- A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
- A crawl swimmer.
- A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
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A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.
Similar: spider
- A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
- A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare. MATERIALS required: Two hanks of crepe or plain silk (this amount makes sleeves, also directions for which are given, though the crawler in the photograph is sleeveless); […]
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Synonym of crawler crane.
Similar: crawler crane
crawler²
Rhymes with -ɔːlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From crawl (“to act in a servile manner”) + -er.
From the Australian convict period (1788–1850); a prisoner who was purposely and extensively abused by an overseer (also a convict) and thereby driven to escape but who, finding it impossible to survive in the Australian bush, surrenders to this overseer, who would then have his penal term reduced. The particular crawler was picked for his weak personality and might escape and return a number of times increasing his own penal term each time. According to James Tucker, some convict overseers had their sentences extensively reduced using this odious practice.
noun crawlers
- A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
- A sycophant.
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noun tractor crawler
| Español | trator oruga |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Raupe |
| Русский | гу́сеничный тра́ктор gúseničnyj tráktor |
| العربية | زَحَّافَة zaḥḥāfa |
noun software bot
| Español | rastreador web |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 爬蟲 /爬虫 páchóng |
noun abused person
| Español | adulador |
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title = {crawler},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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