Contextualizebeta

nightcrawler

noun

Etymology

From night + crawler.

  1. derived from *krabblōną✻
  2. derived from krafla
  3. derived from crawlen
  4. suffixed as crawler — “crawl + er”
  5. compounded as nightcrawler — “night + crawler”

Definitions

  1. An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal…

    An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.

  2. More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.

  3. A person or creature who prowls in the night-time.

    • Arc lights slashed the cool air along the neon facades of bars and after-hours clubs. Street musicians shrilled. And the nameless nightcrawlers huddled in doorways […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nightcrawler. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA