Creep Definition

krēp

creeping, creeps, crept

verb

creeping, creeps, crept

To move along with the body close to the ground, as on hands and knees, in the way that a baby does.

Webster's New World

To move slowly, stealthily, timidly, or furtively.

Webster's New World

To move or proceed very slowly.

Traffic creeps at that hour.

American Heritage

To come on gradually and almost unnoticed.

Webster's New World

To grow or spread along a surface, rooting at intervals or clinging by means of suckers or tendrils.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

noun

The act of creeping.

Webster's New World

A creeping movement.

Webster's New World

The gradual deformation of a material, esp. a metal or alloy, due to constant stress, high temperature, etc.

Webster's New World

A person regarded as very annoying, disgusting, etc.

Webster's New World

A slow change in a characteristic of electronic equipment, such as a decrease in power with continued usage.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

pronoun

(derogatory) The Committee to Re-elect the President, which raised money for Richard Nixon's campaign for 1972 reelection.

Wiktionary

idiom

creep out

to make frightened or disgusted

Webster's New World

make one's flesh creep

to give one a feeling of fear, repugnance, etc.

Webster's New World

the creeps

a feeling of fear, repugnance, etc.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Creep

Noun

Singular:

creep

Plural:

creeps

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Creep

creep out
make one's flesh creep
the creeps

Origin of Creep

From Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian krippe, krûpe, Eastern Frisian crjippa (“to creep”), Low German krepen, krupen, Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Middle High German kriefen (“to creep”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Norwegian krype (“to creep”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to stoop”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English crepen from Old English crēopan

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From the above verb.

From Wiktionary