creep

noun

  1. 1

    a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

    a crawl was all that the injured man could manage

    the traffic moved at a creep

  2. 2

    a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

  3. 3

    a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

  4. 4

    someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

verb

  1. 1

    move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

    The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed

  2. 2

    to go stealthily or furtively

    ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house

  3. 3

    grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

    ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings

  4. 4

    show submission or fear

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