Definition of creep Creep
/kɹiˈp/ - [kreep] - creep
We found 38 definitions of creep from 7 different sources.
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What does creep mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: creeps |
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| creep - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric | ||
| weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook | ||
| disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable | ||
| creep - a slow longitudinal movement or deformation | ||
| change of location, travel a movement through space that changes the location of something | ||
| creep - a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot | ||
| creep - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" | ||
| crawl, crawling, creeping | ||
| locomotion, travel self-propelled movement | ||
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| creep - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" | ||
| fan out, diffuse, spread out, spread move outward; "The soldiers fanned out" | ||
| creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" | ||
| crawl | ||
| locomote, travel, move, go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | ||
| formicate crawl about like ants | ||
| creep - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" | ||
| sneak, mouse, pussyfoot | ||
| walk obtain a base on balls | ||
| sneak away, sneak off, sneak out, steal away, slip away leave furtively and stealthily; "The lecture was boring and many students slipped out when the instructor turned towards the blackboard" | ||
| creep - show submission or fear | ||
| fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel | ||
| flex, bend cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- creep (Noun)
The movement of something that creeps. - creep (Noun)
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation from a planned value in a measure. - creep (Noun)
A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something. - creep (Noun)
The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively. - creep (Noun)
In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it. - creep (Noun)
An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress. - creep (Noun)
The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock. - creep (Noun)
An annoying irritating person. - creep (Noun)
A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching. - creep (Noun)
A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through. - creep (Verb)
To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. - creep (Verb)
Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards. - creep (Verb)
To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction. - creep (Verb)
To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- creep (v. t.)
To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. - creep (v. t.)
To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness. - creep (v. t.)
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us. - creep (v. t.)
To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep. - creep (v. t.)
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant. - creep (v. t.)
To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. - creep (v. t.)
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4. - creep (v. i.)
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable. - creep (n.)
The act or process of creeping. - creep (n.)
A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects. - creep (n.)
A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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creep
An annoyingly unpleasant person. -
creep
To move slowly with the body in a prone position resting on or close to the ground.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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creep
krēp, v.i. to move on the belly, like a snake: to move slowly: to grow along the ground or on supports, as a vine: to fawn or cringe: to have the physical sensation of something creeping over or under the skin: to shudder at from fear or repugnance: to drag with a creeper, as a river-bottom:—pr.p. creep′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. crept.—ns. Creep′er, a creeping plant: a genus of small climbing birds; Creep′-hole, a hole into which to creep: a subterfuge; Creep′ie, a low stool, the old Scotch stool of repentance.—adv. Creep′ingly.—adj. Creep′y. [A.S. creópan; Dut. kruipen.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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creep
First creep and then go.
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