Creep
51creep — n. a weird person; an eerie person. □ Charlie is such a creep when he’s stoned. □ I thought Charlie was a creep no matter what …
52creep — v. & n. v.intr. (past and past part. crept) 1 move with the body prone and close to the ground; crawl. 2 (often foll. by in, out, up, etc.) come, go, or move slowly and stealthily or timidly (crept out without being seen). 3 enter slowly (into a… …
53creep up — verb To advance with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively). The lioness has to creep up behind her prey so as not to be noticed …
54creep — verb ADVERB ▪ quietly, silently ▪ slowly ▪ stealthily ▪ carefully, cautiously ▪ about …
55creep in — phr verb Creep in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑bias …
56creep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. crawl, worm, grovel. See slowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crawl, slither, writhe, worm along, sneak, steal, slink, edge; see also crawl 1 , sneak . See Synonym Study at crawl . • make one s flesh… …
57creep — the flow or plastic deformation of metals held for long periods of time, even at stresses lower than the normal yield strength. Creep is the time dependent part of a strain resulting from any stress. The effect is particularly important if the… …
58creep — I n A mean, despicable person. That creep ran off with my girl. 1940s II n A sneak thief. He was making a marginal living as a creepuntil the cops caught him at his trade. 1910s III v To cheat on someone romantically. I ve been creeping on my… …
59creep — strange person, pervert, weirdo What a creep! He looks like a stray dog! …
60creep to — informal behave obsequiously towards. → creep …
