crawler en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From crawl (“to move slowly, by dragging the body along the ground”) + -er.
Meanings
- 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.
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(Internet) A software bot that autonomously follows connected paths such as links between web pages.
These serve as an algorithmic way to judge the “mobileness” of a site, and similar algorithms are likely to be used by the search crawlers.
2011, James Pearce, Professional Mobile Web Development with WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal, page 466:Crawler-based search engines have three major elements. The first is the spider, also called the crawler, which visits a web page, reads it, and then follows links to other pages within the site.
2008, Alex Michael, Ben Salter, Marketing Through Search Optimization, Routledge, →ISBN, page xii:
- A mobile stage in the development of stationary hemipteran insects such as scale insects—generally the first instar.
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A cab that is driven slowly along while its driver looks out for a fare.
T-shirts, stickers, and baby crawlers are available with the Liquid Medication logo: a martini glass. What a nice thing for a baby to wear; a crawler with an alcoholic drink on it.
2005, Dan Crowley, “Liquid Medication”, in The 505 Weirdest Online Stores […], Naperville, Ill.: Sourcebooks Hysteria, →ISBN, page 52:INFANTS’ CRAWLER-AND-SHIRT SETS. […] Crawlers have lined bibs accented with white piping.
1980, Montgomery Ward, “More warmth for Toddlers and Infants, too”, in Fall & Winter ’80, Chicago, Ill., →OCLC, page 534, column 3:MATERIALS required: Two hanks of crepe or plain silk (this amount makes sleeves, also directions for which are given, though the crawler in the photograph is sleeveless); […]
1930, The Homestead, Bloemfontein, →OCLC, page 28, column 1:
- Synonym of crawler crane.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crawlers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Web crawler · crawler track · metacrawler · wall crawler · kerb crawler · crawlerize · nightcrawler · wall-crawler · ice crawler · wallcrawler · crawler lane · pub crawler · crawlerway · curb crawler · church crawler · creepy crawler · dungeon crawler · crawler crane · rock crawler
Synonyms
Translations (34)
sk krauliar (crawl swimmer) · fi vapaauimari (crawl swimmer) · fi ryömintäikäinen (child able to creep) · fi kroolari (crawl swimmer) · bg кроулър (software bot) · kea katrapila (tractor crawler) · ru гу́сеничный тра́ктор (tractor crawler) · cmn 爬蟲 /爬虫 (software bot) · ms traktor rangkak (tractor crawler) · fi konttaaja (child able to creep) · fi hakurobotti (software bot) · cs kraulařka (crawl swimmer) · ca crolista (crawl swimmer) · ms perangkak (software bot) · fr crawleuse (crawl swimmer) · fi kroolaaja (crawl swimmer) · de Raupe (tractor crawler) · es rastreador web (software bot) · is skriðill (software bot) · bg верижен трактор (tractor crawler) · fr crawleur (crawl swimmer) · is vefkönguló (software bot) · sh pobirač (software bot) · cs kraulař (crawl swimmer) · ar زَحَّافَة (tractor crawler) · fi telaketjutraktori (tractor crawler) · es trator oruga (tractor crawler) · pl pełzak (child able to creep) · sk krauliarka (crawl swimmer) · ru ползу́н (child able to creep) · es bebe (child able to creep) · is könguló (software bot) · is vefskriðill (software bot) · sh program pauk (software bot)