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night crawler

night crawl·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nahyt kraw-ler]
    • /naɪt ˈkrɔ lər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

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.

night crawler usage trend in Literature

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