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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024creep /krip/USA pronunciation v., crept/krɛpt/USA pronunciation or, sometimes, creeped;
creep•ing, n. v. - to move slowly with the body close to the ground, on hands and knees:[no object]The baby crept along on the carpet.
- to approach slowly and without being noticed:[~ + up]He crept up to the door.
- [no object] to go forward slowly and often with difficulty: The car crept up the hill.
- [~ + up + on + object] to sneak up behind someone: The prisoner crept up on the guard.
- [~ + in/into + object] to become noticed slowly over time: The writer's bias creeps into the story.
- Botany[no object] (of a plant) to grow along the ground, a wall, etc.
n. [countable] - Slang TermsSlang. a peculiar or disgusting person.
- Informal Terms the creeps, a sensation of fear, disgust, or the like, as of something crawling over the skin: That movie gave me the creeps.
Idioms- Idioms make one's flesh creep, to cause one to be frightened or disgusted:That horror movie will make your flesh creep.
See crawl. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024creep (krēp),USA pronunciation v., crept, creep•ing, n. v.i. - to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
- to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often fol. by up):We crept up and peeked over the wall.
- to move or advance slowly or gradually:The automobile crept up the hill. Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.
- to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually fol. by up on):The prisoners crept up on the guard and knocked him out.
- to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often fol. by in or into:) The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.
- to move or behave timidly or servilely.
- to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.
- to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else:creeping inflation; creeping socialism.
- to slip, slide, or shift gradually;
become displaced. - Metallurgy(of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.
- Nautical, Naval Termsto grapple (usually fol. by for):The ships crept for their anchor chains.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to creep along or over.
- Idioms make one's flesh creep, to be frightening or repellent;
cause one to experience uneasiness:The eerie stories made our flesh creep.
n. - an act or instance of creeping.
- Slang Termsa boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person.
- Slang Termsan intelligence or counterintelligence agent;
spy. - [Geol.]
- Geologythe gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.;
solifluction. - Geologythe slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods.
- Mechanicsthe gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
- a grappling iron;
grapnel. - Military[Firearms.]the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.
- See creep feeder.
- Informal Terms the creeps, a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin:That horror movie gave me the creeps.
- bef. 900; Middle English crepen, Old English crēopan; cognate with Dutch kruipen, Old Norse krjūpa
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See crawl.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inch, crawl, dawdle, poke.
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