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Definition of Crawler
1. Noun. A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage.
Specialized synonyms: Apple Polisher, Bootlicker, Fawner, Groveler, Groveller, Truckler, Goody-goody
Generic synonyms: Adulator, Flatterer
Derivative terms: Crawl, Sycophancy, Sycophantic, Sycophantic, Toady
2. Noun. A person who crawls or creeps along the ground.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Crawl, Creep, Creep
3. Noun. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
Group relationships: Class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta
Generic synonyms: Oligochaete, Oligochaete Worm
Derivative terms: Crawl, Wiggle
Definition of Crawler
1. n. One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
Definition of Crawler
1. Noun. (Australia obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia slang) A sycophant. ¹
3. Noun. A child who is able to creep using his hands and knees but is not able to walk. ¹
4. Noun. (sports) A crawl swimmer. ¹
5. Noun. A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels. ¹
6. Noun. A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as webpage links. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crawler
1. one that crawls [n -S] - See also: crawls
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crawler
Literary usage of Crawler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties ...by Samuel Lewis by Samuel Lewis (1831)
"... G., Esq., Bolton, Lancashire ' crawler and Sons, Messrs., Southampton-buildings,
.... G., Esq., Stanhope, Durham Crawshaw, Mr. James, Sheffield crawler, ..."
2. Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie: Stirring Scenes of Life in the Canadian by John McDougall (1898)
"Alternate feasting and fasting—We start out on a buffalo hunt—Old Paul brings
down a tine moose—Providential provision—Enoch crawler kills another ..."
3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"This slows up the crawler belt of one side of the machine, allowing the other
... When the brake is applied altogether so that one belt or chain crawler is ..."
4. A Topographical Dictionary of England: Comprising the Several Counties ...by Samuel Lewis by Samuel Lewis (1831)
"... G., Esq., Bolton, Lancashire ' crawler and Sons, Messrs., Southampton-buildings,
.... G., Esq., Stanhope, Durham Crawshaw, Mr. James, Sheffield crawler, ..."
5. Pathfinding on Plain and Prairie: Stirring Scenes of Life in the Canadian by John McDougall (1898)
"Alternate feasting and fasting—We start out on a buffalo hunt—Old Paul brings
down a tine moose—Providential provision—Enoch crawler kills another ..."
6. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"This slows up the crawler belt of one side of the machine, allowing the other
... When the brake is applied altogether so that one belt or chain crawler is ..."
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