1. (British English, disapproving) a person who tries to get somebody’s favour by praising them, doing what will please them, etc.

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2. a thing or person that crawls, such as a vehicle, an insect or a baby
3. (computing) a program that searches the World Wide Web in order to record and list data
   • ● The more content you've got, the more easily search engine crawlers can find you.
   • ● Search engines like Google depend on web crawlers to index the internet.
see also kerb-crawler

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