Botany. a plant that grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, or upon any other surface, sending out rootlets from the stem, as ivy and couch grass.
Often creep·ers.a one-piece garment for an infant, the lower portion resembling briefs and having snaps or buttons across the crotch for convenience in diapering.
Chiefly Northeastern U.S.a spiked iron plate worn on the shoe to prevent slipping on ice, rock, etc.
Also called broth·el creep·er .Informal. a shoe with a thick, soft sole:She wore a miniskirt and creepers.
Also called cradle. Automotive. a flat framework on casters, on which a mechanic lies while working under an automobile or the like.
Ornithology. any of various birds that creep or climb about on trees, especially of the family Certhiidae, as Certhia americana(brown creeper, or tree creeper ), of the Northern Hemisphere.
a domestic fowl having malformed, short legs, due to a genetic defect.
a grappling device for dragging a river, lake, etc.
Also creep .Slang. a sneak thief.
Slang. a person who makes persistent sexual advances toward someone, or who cheats on a sexual partner.
Slang. creep (def. 18).
Slang. a person who follows someone persistently or stealthily; a stalker.
Origin of creeper
First recorded before 1000; Middle English crepere, Old English crēopere; see origin at creep, -er1
Words nearby creeper
Creek War, creel, Creeley, creep, creepage, creeper, creep-feed, creep feeder, creep-feeding, creep-grazing, creepie
The streets beyond were exotic, dangerous, strange—shanties and creeper weed, the mountains marking the horizon.
How Gabriel Garcia Marquez Brought Down Samuel Zemurray, the Banana King|Rich Cohen|June 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The third year the stem forks three ways and bears three leaves, each formed of five parts, much like the Virginia creeper.
Ginseng and Other Medicinal Plants|A. R. (Arthur Robert) Harding
I may mention that mine is mixed with Virginian creeper on wires, and the effect may easily be imagined.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers|John Wood
The delicate Virginia creeper was almost minded to put forth its scarlet buds again.
Quite So|Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Asking her to hold the bamboo pot he filled it with water from the creeper, much to her astonishment.
The Elephant God|Gordon Casserly
In the manufacture of the pill, five leaves of a creeper are dried, and ground to powder.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
British Dictionary definitions for creeper
creeper
/ (ˈkriːpə) /
noun
a person or animal that creeps
a plant, such as the ivy or periwinkle, that grows by creeping
Also called: tree creeperUS and Canadianany small songbird of the family Certhiidae of the N hemisphere, having a brown-and-white plumage and slender downward-curving bill. They creep up trees to feed on insects
a hooked instrument for dragging deep water
Also called: cradlea flat board or framework mounted on casters, used to lie on when working under cars
Also called: daisy cuttercricketa bowled ball that keeps low or travels along the ground
either of a pair of low iron supports for logs in a hearth