crawlernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɔː.lər/us/ˈkrɑː.lɚ/crawler noun [ C ] (MOVING)
UK a baby who has not yet learned to walk
something, such as a vehicle, that moves very slowly
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Children & babies
- a mouth to feed idiom
- arrival
- babe
- babe in arms
- baby
- childlike
- childproof
- children
- designer baby
- devil
- oops-a-daisy
- pacifier
- papoose
- perisher
- pest
- tomboy
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- waif
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Slow and moving slowly
crawler noun [ C ] (TRYING TO PLEASE)
UK informal disapproving a person who tries hard to please others in order to get an advantage
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Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- arse-licker
- bow and scrape idiom
- brown-nose
- creep
- cupboard love
- fawn
- flatter
- flattery will get you nowhere idiom
- glad-handing
- grovel
- idealize
- ingratiate
- left-handed compliment
- massage sb's ego idiom
- obsequious
- play up to sb
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- unctuous
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crawler noun [ C ] (INTERNET)
specialized also web crawler internet & telecoms a computer program that automatically searches for information on the internet, usually in order to index (= list) internet content
crawler noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)
a vehicle, for example a crane or tractor, that moves on a track (= a belt of flat plates around a set of wheels) or tracks