a person or thing that creeps.

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.

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.

Chiefly Northeastern U.S. a spiked iron plate worn on the shoe to prevent slipping on ice, rock, etc.

Also called cradle. Automotive . a flat framework on casters, on which a mechanic lies while working under an automobile or the like.

Ornithology . any of various birds that creep or climb about on trees, esp. of the family Certhiidae, as Certhia americana (brown creeper or tree creeper), of the Northern Hemisphere.

a domestic fowl having malformed, short legs, due to a genetic defect.

a grappling device for dragging a river, lake, etc.

noun

climber , clinging plant , plant vine