creeps Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
   
2. noun a feeling of fear and revulsion
   
   • he gives me the creeps
3. noun someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
   weirdy; weirdo; weirdie; creep; spook.
   
4. noun a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
   creep.
   
5. noun a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
   creep.
   
6. noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
   crawl; creeping; creep; crawling.
   
   • a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
   • the traffic moved at a creep
7. verb move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   crawl; creep.
   
   • The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
8. verb to go stealthily or furtively
   pussyfoot; mouse; sneak; creep.
   
   • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
9. verb grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
   creep.
   
   • ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
10. verb show submission or fear
    fawn; crawl; grovel; cower; cringe; creep.
    

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