crawler🔊

A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.

(sports) A crawl swimmer.

A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.

(Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages. +

A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.

(obsolete) A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.

(crawler crane).

(obsolete) A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.

(slang) A sycophant.