creep meaning and definition

CREEP noun

Definition of creep (noun)

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
   • synonyms: spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy
2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
4. 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"
   • synonyms: crawl, crawling, creeping

CREEP verb

Definition of creep (verb)

1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
   • "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
   • synonyms: crawl
2. to go stealthily or furtively
   • "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
   • synonyms: mouse, pussyfoot, sneak
3. grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
   • "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"
4. show submission or fear
   • synonyms: cower, crawl, cringe, fawn, grovel