Definitions for creeping

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creeping creep·ing

Spelling: [kree-ping]

IPA: /ˈkri pɪŋ/

Creeping is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 204 anagrams from letters in creeping (ceeginpr).

Definitions for creeping

noun

1. Slang. the act or practice of following someone persistently or stealthily, especially online:
2. an act or instance of creeping:
3. Slang. an obnoxious, disturbingly eccentric, deviant, or painfully introverted person.
4. Slang. an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.
5. Slang. creeper (def 10).
6. a gradual or inconspicuous increase, advance, change, or development:
7. 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.
8. Mechanics. the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
9. a grappling iron; grapnel.
10. Firearms. the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.
11. creep feeder.
12. 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:

adjective

1. advancing or developing gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else:

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 creeping

creep + -ing¹

Examples for creeping

The Southern sharpshooters, creeping from tree to tree, began to fire.

There are some stats to explain why the age of nominees is creeping up.

Unseen and unknown, he lived in secret, creeping into homes in the dead of night and surviving on what he could steal.

She was aware of the creeping fret, the poisons and obstructions of decay.

A creeping sense develops that Judy fled not just a stifling culture but a genuine existential threat.

She confessed to harboring a “creeping concern that [Edward Snowden] is not who he purports to be.”

Inch by inch the brave son of Hanover was creeping up on Lauzanne.

So fearless were they, that they made nothing of creeping in among the folds of his garments.

He shared it with bats and all sorts of creeping insects but this he did not mind.

What creeping advances the government has been able to make on some fronts are being matched by setbacks.