1. a baby or young child who moves by crawling on hands and knees
2. a computer program that systematically browses the internet to collect information
Usage: computing
3. a vehicle designed to move slowly over rough terrain on tracks or treads

Examples

• The crawler made his way across the living room floor.
• Search engines use crawlers to index web pages.
• The military crawler moved slowly through the muddy terrain.
• Google’s web crawler visits millions of websites daily.
• The baby is now a confident crawler who explores every corner.
• The construction crawler was equipped with heavy machinery.
• Web crawlers help search engines stay up to date.