Wall-crawler

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    something which adheres to and crawls upon vertical surfaces

    "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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From wall + crawler.

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