Definitions for creep



Overview of noun creep

The noun creep has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook

(someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric)

2. creep

(a slow longitudinal movement or deformation)

3. creep

(a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot)

4. crawl, crawling, creep, creeping

(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")


Overview of verb creep

The verb creep has 4 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (11) crawl, creep

(move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed")

2. (4) sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot

(to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house")

3. (2) creep

(grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings")

4. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel

(show submission or fear)

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