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Webster 1913 Edition


Crawler

Crawl′er

(kr?l′?r)
,
Noun.
One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crawler

CRAWLER

,
Noun.
He or that which crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

Definition 2024


crawler

crawler

English

Noun

crawler (plural crawlers)

  1. (Australia, obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
  2. (Britain, Australia, slang) A sycophant.

Etymology 2

From crawl (move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground) + -er (suffix forming agent noun).

Caterpillar D9 crawler tractor.

Noun

crawler (plural crawlers)

  1. A child who is able to creep using his hands and knees but is not able to walk.
  2. (sports) A crawl swimmer.
  3. A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
  4. A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as webpage links.
Derived terms
Translations

French

Etymology

crawl + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁo.le/

Verb

crawler

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to swim using the crawl stroke
  2. (transitive, intransitive, Internet) to spider

Conjugation