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Creep Very Common

Creep has 11 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

"The creepy man who always stares at people while juggling his empty coffee cups makes me uncomfortable."

2

a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

"The old wooden floorboards began to creep under the weight of the heavy bookshelf, slowly buckling toward the center of the room."

3

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

"The farmer installed a creep in the pasture so the calves could nurse safely while keeping the larger cows out."

4

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"

5

The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)

"The damp wall was covered in moss where a small green worm slowly crept along the surface."

Verb
1

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

2

to go stealthily or furtively

"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

3

grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"

4

show submission or fear

"The stranger's voice dropped to a whisper, causing everyone in the room to creep slightly back against the walls."

5

To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

"The soldier had to creep through the tall grass so he wouldn't be seen by the enemy."

Proper Noun
1

Initialism of Committee to Re-elect the President, which raised money for Richard Nixon's campaign for 1972 reelection.

"The acronym CREP was short-lived since it stood for the Committee to Re-elect the President that funded Nixon's 1972 bid."

Example Sentences
"a crawl was all that the injured man could manage" noun
"the traffic moved at a creep" noun
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" verb
"..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" verb
"ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" verb
See Also
rock reptatory psychosomatic outcreep crawl chills creeper mass wasting
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unpleasant person change of location pen locomotion travel walk diffuse bend
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
formicate

Origin

Creep comes from the Old English word crēopan, which originally meant to crawl or twist. Its roots trace back through Germanic languages to a Proto-Indo-European term meaning to turn or wind.

Rhyming Words
eep beep veep neep weep heep geep peep meep yeep keep seep teep jeep deep bleep sleep sweep queep dreep
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