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creepy-crawly

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creep·y-crawl·y  (krp-krôl)
n. Informal
1. One, such as a spider, insect, or worm, that crawls.
2. creepy-crawlies A sensation of fear, repugnance, or nervous agitation.
creepy-crawly Brit informal
n pl -crawlies
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a small crawling creature
adj
feeling or causing a sensation as of creatures crawling on one's skin
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
Adj.1.creepy-crawly - causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin; "a creepy story"; "I had a creepy-crawly feeling"
creepy
alarming - frightening because of an awareness of danger
Translations
creepy-crawly [ˈkriːpɪˈkrɔːlɪ] N (Brit) → bicho m
creepy-crawly (inf)
adj insect → krabbelig (inf), → kribbelnd, krabbelnd; feeling → unheimlich
n → Krabbeltier nt
creepy-crawly [ˈkriːpɪˌkrɔːlɪ] n (fam) → bestiolina, insetto
creepy-crawly [ˈkriːpɪˌkrɔːlɪ] n (fam) → bestiolina, insetto


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In its own form of multiculturalism, this creepy-crawly world allows worms, spiders, and flies to be friends, but the relationships are not without their tensions--Fly's mother, for example, doesn't like it when Fly gets stuck in Spider's web ("From now on, we have to play at Fly's house").
Doreen Cronin: Diary of a Spider by Lempke, Susan Dove / The Horn Book Magazine
An amazing, fact-filled look at the science of creepy-crawly critters, sure to delight young readers eager to learn more about these ubiquitous tiny creatures.
Centipedes, Millipedes, Scorpions and Spiders by Children's Bookwatch
The bark scorpion is the first creepy-crawly on its hit list.
What's your poison: a Mexican lab hopes its anti-venoms take a bite ... by Jones, Forrest / Latin Trade
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