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creep  (krp)

intr.v. crept (krpt), creep·ing, creeps

1. To move with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees.

2.

a. To move stealthily or cautiously.

b. To move or proceed very slowly: Traffic creeps at that hour.

3. Botany

a. To grow or spread along a surface, rooting at intervals or clinging by means of suckers or tendrils.

b. To grow horizontally under the ground, as the rhizomes of many plants.

4. To slip out of place; shift gradually.

5. To have a tingling sensation, made by or as if by things moving stealthily: a moan that made my flesh creep.

n.

1. The act of creeping; a creeping motion or progress.

2. Slang An annoyingly unpleasant or repulsive person.

3. A slow flow of metal when under high temperature or great pressure.

4. A slow change in a characteristic of electronic equipment, such as a decrease in power with continued usage.

5. Geology The slow movement of rock debris and soil down a weathered slope.

6. creeps Informal A sensation of fear or repugnance, as if things were crawling on one's skin: That house gives me the creeps.

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[Middle English crepen, from Old English cropan.]

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creep

Verb

[creeping, crept]

1. to move quietly and cautiously

2. to crawl with the body near to or touching the ground

3. to have the sensation of something crawling over the skin, from fear or disgust: she makes my flesh creep

4. (of plants) to grow along the ground or over rocks

Noun

1. a creeping movement

2. Slang an obnoxious or servile person [Old English crēopan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	creep - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	creep - a slow longitudinal movement or deformation change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something
	3.	creep - a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot pen - an enclosure for confining livestock
	4.	creep - 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, creeping, crawl locomotion, travel - self-propelled movement
Verb	1.	creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" crawl go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" formicate - crawl about like ants
	2.	creep - to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" mouse, pussyfoot, sneak walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	3.	creep - grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings" diffuse, fan out, spread out, spread - move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"
	4.	creep - show submission or fear fawn, grovel, cower, cringe, crawl bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

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creep

verb 1. crawl, worm, wriggle, squirm, slither, writhe, drag yourself, edge, inch, crawl on all fours

verb 2. sneak, steal, tiptoe, slink, skulk, approach unnoticed

noun 3. (Slang) bootlicker, (informal) sneak, sycophant, crawler (slang) toady (Informal) disgust, frighten, scare, repel, repulse, make your hair stand on end, make you squirm

Translations

creep [kriːp] [pt crept, pp ] [krɛpt] vi [animal] → deslizarse; [plant] → trepar;

to creep up on sb → acercarse sigilosamente a algn;

(fig) [old age etc] → acercarse n (col): he's a creep → ¡qué lameculos es!;

it gives me the creeps → me da escalofríos

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creep [crept , pt, pp ] [kriːp, krɛpt] vi → ramper;

(silently) → se faufiler, se glisser; [plant] → grimper

n (inf) (= flatterer); lèche-botte m;

he's a creep → c'est un type puant;

it gives me the creeps → cela me fait froid dans le dos;

to creep up on sb → s'approcher furtivement de qn

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creep [kriːp] [crept , pt, pp ] vi → schleichen;

(plant) (horizontally) → kriechen: (vertically) → klettern

n (inf) → Kriecher m;

to creep up on sb → sich an jdn heranschleichen;

(time etc) → langsam auf jdn zukommen;

he's a creep → er ist ein widerlicher or fieser Typ;

it gives me the creeps → davon kriege ich das kalte Grausen

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creep [kriːp] vi [pt crept, pp ] [krɛpt] → avanzare furtivamente (or pian piano); [plant] → arrampicarsi

n (col): he's a creep → è un tipo viscido;

it gives me the creeps (col) → mi fa venire la pelle d'oca;

to creep up on sb → avvicinarsi quatto quatto a qn;

(fig) [old age etc] → cogliere qn alla sprovvista