crawler

Meaning

1. A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
2. A crawl swimmer.
3. A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
4. (Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
5. A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
6. (UK, obsolete, slang) A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
7. Synonym of crawler crane.

Synonyms

dew worm

sycophant

creeper

earthworm

red worm

angleworm

lackey

reptile

toady

wiggler

ass-kisser

nightcrawler

nightwalker

fishworm

fishing worm

truckler

bootlicker

crawler tractor

crawler track

Athey wheel

crawler wheel

brown noser

tracklayer

loiterer

fanny-dipper

bottom-crawling vehicle

reptilian

spider

🕷️

swimmer

🏊

miner

Web crawler

track vehicle

tractor

🚜

Translations

rettile

reptil

crawler

cingolato

🐛

crawler

Kriecher

ερπετό

Kriechtier

lèche-bottes

sycophante

ver

🪱

leccapiedi

Kette

pilota

Arschkriecher

Etymology

From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.