Creep

Quick meaning: Creep is a verb meaning (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

Meaning

(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
2. (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
3. (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
4. (idiomatic) To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to insinuate itself or oneself.
5. To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
6. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.

Example Sentences

Old age creeps upon us.

Prices have been creeping up all year.

Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.

He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.

Word Forms

• creeps
• creeping
• crept
• creeped

Synonyms for creep

Depending on context, synonyms include crawl, creeper, pervert, perv, cringe, sneak.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crawl, crawling, grovel, pussyfoot, cower, cringe.

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