as in snail
someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others
he's always the crawler who makes everyone else late
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Recent Examples of crawler
This may yield additional, creepier, and crawler results.
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Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Andrew Garfield played the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Bing's crawler does take mobile-friendliness into account but is device-agnostic.
—PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Lopez wasn’t buggin’ when a creepy crawler interrupted one of her recent shows.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
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Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Andrew Garfield played the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Bing's crawler does take mobile-friendliness into account but is device-agnostic.
—PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Lopez wasn’t buggin’ when a creepy crawler interrupted one of her recent shows.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crawler
snail
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Moles eat insects, snail larvae, spiders, and small invertebrates, but their favorite foods are earthworms and white grubs.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to sea slugs, other snails have been known to graze on bryozoan.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Crawler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawler. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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