• Verb (used without object)

    to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
    to approach slowly, imperceptibly, or stealthily (often fol. by up )
    We crept up and peeked over the wall.
    to move or advance slowly or gradually
    The automobile crept up the hill. Time just seems to creep along on these hot summer days.
    to sneak up behind someone or without someone's knowledge (usually fol. by up on )
    The prisoners crept up on the guard and knocked him out.
    to enter or become evident inconspicuously, gradually, or insidiously (often fol. by in or into
    The writer's personal bias occasionally creeps into the account.
    to move or behave timidly or servilely.
    to grow along the ground, a wall, etc., as a plant.
    to advance or develop gradually so as to infringe on or supplant something else
    creeping inflation; creeping socialism.
    to slip, slide, or shift gradually; become displaced.
    (of a metal object) to become deformed, as under continuous loads or at high temperatures.
    Nautical . to grapple (usually fol. by for )
    The ships crept for their anchor chains.

    Verb (used with object)

    Archaic . to creep along or over.

    Noun

    an act or instance of creeping.
    Slang . a boring, disturbingly eccentric, painfully introverted, or obnoxious person.
    Slang . an intelligence or counterintelligence agent; spy.
    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.
    Mechanics . the gradual, permanent deformation of a body produced by a continued application of heat or stress.
    a grappling iron; grapnel.
    Firearms . the slack in a trigger mechanism before it releases the firing pin.
    creep feeder.
    the creeps, Informal . a sensation of horror, fear, disgust, etc., suggestive of the feeling induced by something crawling over the skin
    That horror movie gave me the creeps.

    Idiom

    make one's flesh creep
    to be frightening or repellent; cause one to experience uneasiness
    The eerie stories made our flesh creep.

    Antonyms

    adjective
    upright , standing , vertical

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