Definitions for creepers

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creepers creep·er

Spelling: [kree-per]

IPA: /ˈkri pər/

Creepers is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 115 anagrams from letters in creepers (ceeeprrs).

Definitions for creepers

noun

1. a person or thing that creeps.
2. Botany. a plant that grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, or upon any other surface, sending out rootlets from the stem, as ivy and couch grass.
3. Often, creepers. a one-piece garment for an infant, the lower portion resembling briefs and having snaps or buttons across the crotch for convenience in diapering.
4. Chiefly Northeastern U.S. a spiked iron plate worn on the shoe to prevent slipping on ice, rock, etc.
5. Also called brothel creeper. Informal. a shoe with a thick, soft sole:
6. Also called cradle. Automotive. a flat framework on casters, on which a mechanic lies while working under an automobile or the like.
7. Ornithology. any of various birds that creep or climb about on trees, especially of the family Certhiidae, as Certhia americana (brown creeper or tree creeper) of the Northern Hemisphere.
8. a domestic fowl having malformed, short legs, due to a genetic defect.
9. a grappling device for dragging a river, lake, etc.
10. Also, creep. Slang. a sneak thief.
11. Slang. a person who makes persistent sexual advances toward someone, or who cheats on a sexual partner.
12. Slang. creep (def 18).
13. Slang. a person who follows someone persistently or stealthily; a stalker.

Origin of creepers

before 1000; Middle English crepere, Old English crēopere. See creep, -er¹

Examples for creepers

Palms, flowering shrubs, ferns, and creepers rioted on all sides.

The door had a porch, and this porch was covered with creepers.

These are devoured by the nuthatches, creepers, and chickadees.

Fortunately the weapon caught one of the creepers, and flew out of his hand.

Graceful vines and creepers festoon themselves from bough to bough.

They were surrounded by gardens, and quite overgrown with creepers.

I went up to it and searched among the creepers, but still could find no opening.

There was a whole tribe of monkeys frolicking about among the creepers.

Then, remind me to wire to the creepers on the evening of their afternoon to say I have a chill.

A house covered with roses and creepers, and surrounded by a garden.