Creep

Noun

 * 1) The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
 * 2) A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
 * 3) A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
 * 4) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
 * Christmas creep. Feature creep. Instruction creep. Mission creep.
 * 1)  In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
 * 2)  An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
 * 3)  The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
 * 4)  An annoying irritating person
 * 5)  A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
 * Stop following me, you creep!
 * 1)  A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Derived terms

 * bracket creep
 * Christmas creep
 * feature creep
 * focus creep
 * function creep


 * instruction creep
 * mission creep
 * requirement creep
 * scope creep
 * season creep

Verb

 * 1)  To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
 * Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
 * 1) * 1922,, 
 * One evening, while the Rabbit was lying there alone, watching the ants that ran to and fro between his velvet paws in the grass, he saw two strange beings creep out of the tall bracken near him.
 * 1)  Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
 * 2)  To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
 * He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.
 * 1)  To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
 * Prices have been creeping up all year.

Synonyms

 * crawl

Derived terms

 * creep up on
 * creepy / creepy-crawly
 * decrepit
 * give someone the creeps
 * creep someone out

Adverbs for Creep
slyly; mechanically; noiselessly; timidly; cautiously; blindly; stealthily; piteously; meekly; invisibly; mysteriously; ultimately.

Thesaurus
SOB, all fours, amble, andante, bastard, bend the knee, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bugger, claudicate, claudication, couch, cower, crawl, crawling, creeping, cringe, crouch, dead march, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag on, drag out, fart, fawn, feel creepy, feel funny, flatter, footpace, funeral march, go dead slow, go on, go on tiptoe, go slow, grovel, gumshoe, gumshoeing, have gooseflesh, have the creeps, heel, hobble, hood, hooligan, idle, inch, inch along, jerk, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, kneel, kowtow, lay wait, laze, leisurely gait, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie in wait, limp, linger, linger on, louse, lumbering pace, lurk, meanie, mincing steps, mosey, mother, nightwalk, nightwalking, pad, padding, pill, plod, poke, poke along, prowl, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooting, rack, rat, saunter, scrabble, scramble, shadow, shamble, shit, shithead, shitheel, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, sidling, skulk, slink, slinking, slither, slouch, slow march, slow motion, snake, snaking, sneak, sneaking, squirm, stagger along, stalk, steal, steal along, stealing, stinkard, stinker, stoop, stroll, tarry, tippytoe, tiptoe, tiptoeing, toadeat, toady, toddle, toddle along, totter along, traipse, truckle, trudge, turd, waddle, walk, wear on, wiggle, worm, worm along, worming, wriggle

Etymology
creopan:, cognate with Danish krybe:, German kriechen:, Norwegian krype:.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Bulgarian: пълзене
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Italian:
 * Persian: خزیدن
 * Portuguese: rastejar
 * Russian: ползание


 * Bulgarian: пълзене


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: liikahdus
 * Italian:, ,


 * Russian: сползание


 * Finnish:


 * French:


 * Bulgarian: свличане


 * Italian:


 * Dutch: griezel, engerd
 * Finnish:, karmio
 * German:


 * Italian:, ,
 * Swedish: miffo,, äckelpotta


 * Dutch: engerd


 * Finnish: ,

Verb

 * Arabic: زحف
 * Bulgarian: пълзя, лазя
 * Catalan: arrossegar-se
 * Chinese:, , 爬行, 匍匐,  蛇行
 * Czech: plazit se
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Persian: خزیدن
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: arrastrarse, reptar
 * Swedish: krypa, kräla
 * West Frisian:


 * Bulgarian: пълзя, стеля се
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 這う (hau), 伝う (tsutau)
 * Russian: стелиться
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: lopakodik, oson


 * Japanese: 忍び寄る (shinobi-yoru)
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: opschuiven
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Hungarian:

Anagrams

 * crepe, crêpe