crawler

Plural: crawlers

Noun

• A person or thing that moves slowly along the ground.
• a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
• a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
• terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
• A child who is able to creep using its hands and knees but is not able to walk.
• A crawl swimmer.
• A tractor crawler, a motorized vehicle that uses caterpillar tracks instead of wheels.
• 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.
• A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
• Synonym of crawler crane.
• A person who is abused, physically or verbally, and returns to the abuser a supplicant.
• A sycophant.

Examples

• His low-scoring, incremental plays earned him the nickname ’the point crawler’.

Synonyms

angleworm, ass-kisser, creeper, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, lackey, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, sycophant, toady, wiggler, crawler crane, spider