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crawler
[kraw-ler]
noun
a person or thing that crawls.
Digital Technology.web crawler.
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.
Often crawlers. a garment with long pants, short sleeves or suspender straps, and sometimes feet for a baby who does not yet walk.
Australian Slang.sycophant.
crawler
/ ˈɔːə /
noun
slanga servile flatterer
a person or animal that crawls
an informal name for earthworm
a computer program that is capable of performing recursive searches on the Internet
(plural) a baby's overalls; rompers
Word History and Origins
Origin of crawler1
Example Sentences
Cloudflare's tech targets AI firm bots - also known as crawlers - programmes that explore the web, indexing and collecting data as they go.
Much of the material used to develop generative AI models has been pulled from a massive range of web sources using bots and crawlers, which automatically extract site data.
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.
When Adam Cooper came across an old junkyard filled with RVs and rock crawlers in South Central, he immediately saw its potential.
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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