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crawler

[ kraw-ler ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that crawls.
  2. Digital Technology. web crawler ( def ).
  3. Also called crawler tractor. any of various large, heavy vehicles or machines that are propelled on endless belts or tracks, especially as used in construction.
  4. Often crawlers. a garment with long pants, short sleeves or suspender straps, and sometimes feet for a baby who does not yet walk.
  5. Australian Slang. sycophant.


crawler

/ ˈ°ì°ùɔ˱ôÉ™ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a servile flatterer
  2. a person or animal that crawls
  3. an informal name for earthworm
  4. a computer program that is capable of performing recursive searches on the Internet
  5. plural a baby's overalls; rompers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of crawler1

1640–50; 1925–30 crawler fordef 4; crawl 1 + -er 1
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When the crew of the colonization mission discover that their new home, an ice planet called Niflheim, is inhabited by armadillo-like crawler creatures, they wonder what to do about this unanticipated roadblock in their efforts.

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When Adam Cooper came across an old junkyard filled with RVs and rock crawlers in South Central, he immediately saw its potential.

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Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

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Despite being a dungeon crawler, the series has an unusually explicit focus on food.

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Publishers could also try to protect their content from Google by forbidding its web crawler from sharing any content snippets from their sites.

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