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Creep Meaning and Definition from WordNet (r) 2.0
    creep n
  1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook]
  2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
  3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
  4. a slow creeping 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" [syn: crawl, crawling, creeping] v
  5. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" [syn: crawl]
  6. to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, steal, pussyfoot]
  7. grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example); "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings" [syn: grow over]
  8. show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel] [also: crept]
Creep Meaning and Definition from Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
    Creep \Creep\ (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. Crept (kr[e^]pt) (Crope (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. Crept; p. pr. & vb. n. Creeping.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre['o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. Cripple, Crouch.]
  1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the

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Wikipedia Meaning and Definition on 'Creep'


  • Creep: Creep may refer to: CREEP, the Committee to Re-elect the President , associated with the Watergate scandal of U.S. president Nixon's ...
  • The Creeping Terror: Creep!: name Creep! | image Creep-Movie-Poster. jpg | caption Official theatrical poster | director Pete Schuermann | producer Nancy Theken ...
  • Creep (deformation): In materials science , creep is the tendency of a solid material to slowly move or deform permanently under the influence of stress es. ...
  • Creep (Radiohead song): "Creep" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead . Radiohead released "Creep" as their debut single in 1992, and it later ...
  • Creep (TLC song): "Creep" is the first single by American R&B group TLC from their second studio album CrazySexyCool , released on October 31, 1994 by ...
  • Creep (film): Creep is a 2005 British horror film about a woman locked in overnight on the London Underground who finds herself being stalked by a ...
  • Downhill creep: Downhill creep, or commonly just creep, is the slow downward progression of rock and soil down a low grade slope; it can also refer to ...
  • Creep (Stone Temple Pilots song): "Creep" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots , appearing as the seventh track off the band's debut album, Core and later ...
  • Aseismic creep: geology , aseismic creep is measurable surface displacement along a fault in the absence of notable earthquake s. An example is along the ...

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'Creep' in famous quotation sentence


* One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. - Hellen Keller

* Ambition can creep as well as soar. - Edmund Burke


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Creep Sample Sentences in News


  • Watch Field Mouse Get Revenge on Handsy Creep in 'Tomorrow Is Yesterday' Video
    Before Field Mouse issue their full-length debut sometime later this year, the Breeders-loving Brooklyn dreamweavers have a message to share via the official video for single "Tomorrow Is Yesterday": Creepers, your sexual advances are not appreciated... Read more on this news related to 'Creep'
  • MARKET SNAPSHOT: U.S. Stocks Creep Up Before Bernanke Testifies
    U.S. stocks moved up modestly in Wednesday's early going before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's much-anticipated appearance in front of lawmakers. Read more on this news related to 'Creep'
  • Sensex hits one-week low; doubts creep in after rally
    By Abhishek Vishnoi MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex tumbled for a second consecutive session on Tuesday hitting its lowest close in a week as recent outperforming blue-chips such as ITC fell on doubts ... Read more on this news related to 'Creep'

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