roller

n 1: a grounder that rolls along the infield

2: a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [syn:

{roll}, {rolling wave}]

3: a cylinder that revolves [syn: {roll}]

4: a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl

it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty

sight" [syn: {curler}, {hair curler}]

5: Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to

kingfishers

6: pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on

the ground [syn: {tumbler}, {tumbler pigeon}]

prowler

({Unix}) A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically once a

week) to seek out and erase {core} files, truncate

administrative logfiles, nuke "lost:found" directories, and

otherwise clean up the {cruft} that tends to pile up in the

corners of a file system.

See also {GFR}, {reaper}, {skulker}.

(1995-02-14)