What is the meaning of creeps?

noun

  • Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
  • 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.
    • usage: "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
  • A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait.
  • A feeling of fear and revulsion.
    • usage: "he gives me the creeps"

verb

  • Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground.
    • usage: "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
  • To go stealthily or furtively.
    • usage: ".. Stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
  • Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface. )
    • usage: "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
  • Show submission or fear.
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