1
: one that crawls
2
: a vehicle (such as a crane) that travels on endless chain belts
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Examples of crawler in a Sentence
he's always the crawler who makes everyone else late
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Nightcrawlers: Lots of fish love a crawler, but few more than walleyes do.
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser is an advanced and comfortable rock crawler wrapped in a package with appealing retro touches.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
Meet our staff: Tiffany Acosta Tiffany Acosta is The Arizona Republic's ultimate Arizona reporter, covering topics that range from how to see celestial events to local characters, creepy crawlers and only-in-Arizona foods and lore.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
Publishers could also try to protect their content from Google by forbidding its web crawler from sharing any content snippets from their sites.
—Katie Robertson, New York Times, 1 June 2024
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M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 20 June 2024
The 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser is an advanced and comfortable rock crawler wrapped in a package with appealing retro touches.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2024
Meet our staff: Tiffany Acosta Tiffany Acosta is The Arizona Republic's ultimate Arizona reporter, covering topics that range from how to see celestial events to local characters, creepy crawlers and only-in-Arizona foods and lore.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
Publishers could also try to protect their content from Google by forbidding its web crawler from sharing any content snippets from their sites.
—Katie Robertson, New York Times, 1 June 2024
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawler. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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