[
US
/ˈkɹip/
]
[ UK /kɹˈiːp/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈiːp/ ]
VERB
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to go stealthily or furtively
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house -
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed - show submission or fear
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grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
NOUN
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
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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
How To Use creep In A Sentence
- The name krill derives from ‘kril’, an Old Norwegian word once applied to tiny creepy-crawly things, vermin, and larval fish.
- There is grassland on the natural brae of Royal Garden, yellow and green, fighting with the autumn. In this grassland, an alley wanders forward, just like the traces from a big snake' creeping.
- Our reaction to a tickling sensation may have arisen from a defence against creepy-crawlies. Times, Sunday Times
- Traitorfish said: I know that’s clichéd, but I really never liked Captain America - a superhero that nationalistic is nothing but creepy. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Death of Captain America
- The makeup for the Djinn character is creepy and evil, like some devilish creature from an R-rated version of Star Wars.
- Some kind of creeper was even growing across the windowpane, trying to get into the house. READY?
- After his long stretch as an untouchable hero and saint (courtesy of hagiographer R Bolt) it was about time that creep More was taken off his pedestal. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
- Observe live bugs and even hold the creepy-crawlies in your hands. Times, Sunday Times
- And if some heartless creep makes rude remarks that hurt your friend, you are not responsible for his actions.
- It came in a steady flood from Fang to me and, through me, to all the creepy-crawly things I could hurl at the ground and at the concrete, at the brick, and at the stone. Crossed
