Word: creeps
Phonetic:
/kɹiːps/Listen:
To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.
The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively. Example: christmas creep
In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills. Example: Stop following me, you creep!
A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
(preceded by definite article) A sensation that things are crawling on one's skin.
(preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror. Example: I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.
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