Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wall-crawler

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.81 in modern English

Syllables: wal-l-crawler
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces

Example Sentences

"As Mother Jones goes to press, the masked, web-slinging wall-crawler is busy foiling a computer technician's evil designs to brainwash people through subliminal advertising in video games."
"You're not just buying and selling with a wizard and a scholar in tow. What's so important that you have to hire a wall-crawler?"
"Her fingers slipped, and she felt herself starting to fall. At that same moment the wall-crawler sprang down at her, gripping the carved inscriptions in the black glossy surface with its left hand while its right swung down to clamp around her throat."

Etymology

From wall + crawler.

Inflected Forms

wall-crawlers (plural) wall crawler (alternative) wallcrawler (alternative)

Questions

What does wall-crawler mean?: something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces
Where does wall-crawler come from?: From wall + crawler.

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