Definitions for creep

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Spelling: [kreep]
IPA: /krip/

Creep is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 41 anagrams from letters in creep (ceepr).

Definitions for creep

noun

  1. an act or instance of creeping:
  2. Slang. an obnoxious, disturbingly eccentric, deviant, or painfully introverted person.
  3. Slang. an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.
  4. Slang. creeper (def 10).
  5. a gradual or inconspicuous increase, advance, change, or development:
  6. Geology. the gradual movement downhill of loose soil, rock, gravel, etc.; solifluction. the slow deformation of solid rock resulting from constant stress applied over long periods.
  7. Mechanics. the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
  8. a grappling iron; grapnel.
  9. Firearms. the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.
  10. creep feeder.
  11. the creeps, Informal. a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin:

Idioms

  1. make one's flesh creep, to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness:

verb (used with object)

  1. Slang. to follow persistently or stealthily, especially online:
  2. Archaic. to creep along or over.

verb (used without object)

  1. to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
  2. to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often followed by up):
  3. to move or advance slowly or gradually:
  4. to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually followed by up on):
  5. to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often followed by in or into:) The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.
  6. to move or behave timidly or servilely.
  7. to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.
  8. to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else.
  9. Slang. to flirt with or make persistent sexual advances toward someone (often followed by on): to cheat on one’s sexual partner:
  10. Slang. to follow someone persistently or stealthily, as on a social media website (often followed by on):
  11. Slang. to suddenly intrude into someone’s photograph as it is being taken:
  12. to slip, slide, or shift gradually; become displaced.
  13. (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.
  14. Nautical. to grapple (usually followed by for):

Origin of creep

before 900; Middle English crepen, Old English crēopan; cognate with Dutch kruipen, Old Norse krjūpa

Examples for creep

Another acquaintance described Seevakumaran as “a creep,” who would “constantly hit on women.”

This level of variety is starting to creep into video games as well, and that is all I am truly asking for: options.

Of course my very first words to that creep had been, “Which way to the mechanical sharks?”

After a long wait the sergeant suggested that they creep away.

They creep about with beds, and go to bed in miles of deserted houses.

How do I suffer this passion to creep imperceptibly upon me?

This time, instead of just women in general, he has decided to add his own boring relationship to increase the creep factor.

Your flesh has never been made to creep: but the cockles of your heart have been warmed.

I am going to dress myself in the seals skin, and creep along the ice.

As the price of gas continues to creep up, it is helpful to find ways to reduce fuel costs.

Word Value for creep
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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