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Rarecreeps
The correct spelling is creeps.
How to pronounce creeps
verb
IPA: /kɹiːps/
Say it like: Cree-ps
The correct spelling is creeps. To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground. For example: "christmas creep"
Usage Examples
“christmas creep”
“Stop following me, you creep!”
“I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- 2.Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- 3.To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- 4.To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- 5.To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
noun
- 1.The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
- 2.A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- 3.A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
- 4.The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
- 5.In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
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