Creep - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kriːp|  American pronunciation of the word creep
Brit.  |kriːp|  British pronunciation of the word creep
irregular verb:  p.t. — crept  p.p. — crept

noun

- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (syn: spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy)
- a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
- a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body (syn: crawl, creeping)
the traffic moved at a creep

verb

- move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground (syn: crawl)
- to go stealthily or furtively (syn: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak)
- grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
- show submission or fear (syn: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel)

Extra examples

She crept toward the edge of the roof and looked over.

I caught him creeping down the stairs to the kitchen.

She crept into bed next to her sleeping husband.

The hours crept by as we waited for morning.

The price of gasoline has crept back up to three dollars a gallon.

A few mistakes crept in during the last revision of the paper.

I get the creeps every time he walks by.

I hate snakes. They give me the creeps.

That guy gives me the creeps.

Before children learn to walk they creep on all fours.

Darkness was creeping up as the travellers left the forest.

If this wind continues, we can creep up tomorrow to Loch Roag.

The mists crept upward chill and damp.

After I've been writing for two hours, mistakes start creeping into my work.

Fear crept over me as I stood in the empty house.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: creep
he/she/it: creeps
present participle: creeping
past tense: crept
past participle: crept
noun
singular: creep
plural: creeps
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