crawler
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crawl·er
(krô′lər)n.
1. One that crawls, especially an early form of certain insect larvae.
2. A vehicle, such as a bulldozer, that moves on continuous belts of metal plates.
3. See crawl1.
4. See spider.
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crawler
(ˈkrɔːlə)n
1. slang a servile flatterer
2. a person or animal that crawls
3. (Animals) US an informal name for earthworm
4. (Telecommunications) a computer program that is capable of performing recursive searches on the internet
5. (Clothing & Fashion) (plural) a baby's overalls; rompers
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crawl•er
(ˈkrɔ lər)n.
1. one that crawls.
2. Also called crawl′er trac`tor. a large, heavy vehicle that travels on endless belts or tracks, used esp. in construction.
[1640–50]
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Noun | 1. | crawler - a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveler, groveller, truckler - someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect goody-goody - a person who behaves extremely well in order to please a superior |
2. | crawler - a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | |
3. | crawler - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers angleworm, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta - earthworms oligochaete, oligochaete worm - hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
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crawler
[ˈkrɔːləʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
crawler
n
(Brit inf: = sycophant) → Kriecher(in) m(f)
crawlers pl (= rompers) → Spielanzug m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
crawler
[ˈkrɔːləʳ] n (fam) → ruffiano/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995