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creeping

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creep·ing  (krpng)
adj.
Developing gradually over a period of time: "a creeping sense of cultural dread" (Andrew Sullivan).
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Noun1.creepingcreeping - 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"
crawling, crawl, creep
locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement


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