night crawler
night crawl·er
N n Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [nahyt kraw-ler]
- /naɪt ˈkrɔ lər/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [nahyt kraw-ler]
- /naɪt ˈkrɔ lər/
Definitions of night crawler words
- noun night crawler an earthworm. 1
- noun night crawler any large earthworm that comes to the surface at night, commonly used as fish bait 0
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Origin of night crawler
First appearance:
before 1920 One of the 12% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1920-25
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Parts of speech for Night crawler
noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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night crawler popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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