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Definitions for Creeps

[1] Veterinary Pathology . a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
[2] to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
[3] to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often followed by up ): We crept up and peeked over the wall.
[4] to move or advance slowly or gradually: The automobile crept up the hill. Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.
[5] to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually followed by up on ): The prisoners crept up on the guard and knocked him out.
[6] to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often followed by in or into: ) The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.
[7] to move or behave timidly or servilely.
[8] to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.
[9] to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else.
[10] Slang . to flirt with or make persistent sexual advances toward someone (often followed by on ): He creeps on all the women he meets. to cheat on one’s sexual partner: He caught his wife creepin' with the guy who lives next-door.
[11] Slang . to follow someone persistently or stealthily, as on a social media website (often followed by on ): He spends a lot of time creeping on her Facebook profile.
[12] Slang . to suddenly intrude into someone’s photograph as it is being taken: Who’s that creeping in the background of the picture?
[13] to slip, slide, or shift gradually; become displaced.
[14] (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.
[15] Nautical . to grapple (usually followed by for ): The ships crept for their anchor chains.
[16] Slang . to follow persistently or stealthily, especially online: I’ve been creeping her blog and found some great recipes.
[17] Archaic . to creep along or over.
[18] an act or instance of creeping: It seems as if time has slowed to a creep.
[19] Slang . an obnoxious, disturbingly eccentric, deviant, or painfully introverted person.
[20] Slang . an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.
[21] Slang . creeper(def 10) .
[22] a gradual or inconspicuous increase, advance, change, or development: Avoid jargon creep in your writing. We are seeing the steady creep of consumerism.
[23] Geology . the gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction. the slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods.
[24] Mechanics . the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
[25] a grappling iron; grapnel.
[26] Firearms . the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.
[27] creep feeder.
[28] the creeps, Informal . 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.
[29] the creeps informal a feeling of fear, repulsion, disgust, etc
[30] to crawl with the body near to or touching the ground
[31] to move slowly, quietly, or cautiously
[32] to act in a servile way; fawn; cringe
[33] to move or slip out of place, as from pressure or wear
[34] (of plants) to grow along the ground or over rocks, producing roots, suckers, or tendrils at intervals
[35] (of a body or substance) to become permanently deformed as a result of an applied stress, often when combined with heating
[36] to develop gradually creeping unrest
[37] to have the sensation of something crawling over the skin
[38] (of metals) to undergo slow plastic deformation
[39] the act of creeping or a creeping movement
[40] slang a person considered to be obnoxious or servile
[41] the continuous permanent deformation of a body or substance as a result of stress or heat
[42] geology the gradual downwards movement of loose rock material, soil, etc, on a slope
[43] a slow relative movement of two adjacent parts, structural components, etc
[44] slow plastic deformation of metals

Words related to Creeps

slither, glide, slink, lurk, sneak, tiptoe, wriggle, snake, inch, pussyfoot, squirm, insinuate, skulk, writhe, grovel, edge, gumshoe, steal, scramble, worm

Words nearby Creeps

creeping fescue, creeping jennie, creeping jesus, creeping juniper, creeping thistle, creeps, creepy, creepy-crawly, creese, crefeld, crem

Origin of Creeps

before 900; Middle English crepen, Old English crēopan; cognate with Dutch kruipen, Old Norse krjūpa

Other words from Creeps

creep·ing·ly , adverb
non·creep·ing , adjective
out·creep , verb (used with object), out·crept, out·creep·ing.
un·creep·ing , adjective

Word origin for Creeps

Old English crēopan; related to Old Frisian kriāpa, Old Norse krjūpa, Middle Low German krūpen

Synonyms for Creeps

glide, inch, lurk, slink, slither, snake, sneak, tiptoe, wriggle, edge, grovel, gumshoe, insinuate, pussyfoot, scrabble, scramble, skulk, squirm, steal, worm, writhe, approach unnoticed, crawl on all fours