Definition of creep
Verbs
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
- Synonyms:
- crawl
- Types:
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formicate
crawl about like ants
to go stealthily or furtively
- Type of:
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walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
- Type of:
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diffuse, fan out, spread, spread out
move outward
Nouns
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- Type of:
-
disagreeable person, unpleasant person
a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- Type of:
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change of location, travel
a movement through space that changes the location of something
a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- Type of:
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pen
an enclosure for confining livestock
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
"the traffic moved at a creep"
- Type of:
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locomotion, travel
self-propelled movement
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