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wall crawler

noun

Etymology

From wall + crawler.

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

Definitions

  1. something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces

    • The wall crawler will also take ultrasound readings to reveal pits and cracks beneath the surface of the steel walls.
    • The wall crawler... is a commercially available crawler, which attaches to the steel tank wall through strong, permanent magnetic wheels.
    • This weaponized wall crawler, assumedly capable of creeping into some 2025 apartment window in Baghdad, Beruit, or Kerachi "carrying a combat load," definitely is not meant to be your friendly neighborhood Spiderman.

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