crawler

Examples

• All

• I just wanna get Norm some night crawlers.

  Fargo (1996)

• You know, the night crawlers will be out soon.

  Grumpier Old Men (1995)

• Started a worm farm, red crawlers.

  Fiction book (1990)

• They could have been digging for night crawlers.

  The 'Burbs (1989)

• Canadian night crawlers.

  How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)

• He watched them pull night crawlers from their cans and bait their hooks for what seemed like an eternity.

  Fiction book (1997)

• There were two sizes of crickets, two of minnows, and four varieties of worms, from the tiny red wigglers up to fat, sluggish night crawlers.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Anglers often use crawlers as bait to catch fish in cool waters.

• After a rain, you can see crawlers surfacing in the garden to aerate the soil.

• The fisherman preferred crawlers for catching bass during the summer months.

Synonyms

W

worm

vscrawler

299 1.0

A small soft animal without legs that lives in soil or water

is the specific terrestrial burrower that aerates soil and surfaces when wet or cool

E

earthworm

vscrawler

16 1.3

A small long worm that lives in soil and helps make soil healthy

adds the idea of surfacing when ground is cool or wet

N

nightcrawler

vscrawler

• US

4 7.0

A large earthworm that comes out at night and people use for bait

is the general soil‑working species that surfaces when ground is cool or wet

S

sandworm

vscrawler

1 7.2

A worm that lives in sand, used as fishing bait or shown in stories as a giant creature

is the soil‑dwelling burrower that aerates earth and surfaces in cool or wet weather

W

wiggler

vscrawler

1 7.2

A small worm that lives in soil and is used for fishing bait

focuses more on surfacing in cool or wet conditions for anglers

R

red worm

vscrawler

1 2.1

A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait

is generally larger and noted for surfacing when the ground is cool or wet

N

nightwalker

vscrawler

8.8

A large worm used for fish bait that comes out at night

adds emphasis on aerating soil and surfacing in cool or wet weather

D

dew worm

vscrawler

8.9

A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing

also stresses soil burrowing, aeration, and surfacing when ground is cool or wet

F

fishing worm

vscrawler

2.5

A worm that people use as bait to catch fish

stresses the same species but also its soil aeration and surfacing habits

F

fishworm

vscrawler

6.3

A worm, often an earthworm, used to catch fish

adds that it burrows and helps aerate the soil

A

angleworm

vscrawler

• US

8.7

A common earthworm used as bait for fishing

is the broader soil‑burrowing type that also surfaces in cool or wet conditions

Compounds

K

kerb crawler

• NSFW

9.9

A person who drives slowly at night near the curb to try to have sex with people for money

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology