creep
verb
[ kriːp ]
• move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed.
• "he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise"
Similar:
crawl,
move on all fours,
move on hands and knees,
pull oneself,
inch,
edge,
slither,
slide,
squirm,
wriggle,
writhe,
worm,
worm one's way,
insinuate oneself,
sneak,
steal,
slip,
slink,
sidle,
skulk,
pad,
prowl,
tiptoe,
pussyfoot,
soft-shoe,
tread warily,
move stealthily,
move furtively,
move unnoticed,
walk quietly,
• (of a plant) grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches.
• "thorny roses crept up the dull gray walls"
• (of a plastic solid) undergo gradual deformation under stress.
creep
noun
• a detestable person.
• "I thought he was a nasty little creep"
Similar:
rogue,
villain,
wretch,
reprobate,
beast,
pig,
swine,
rat,
bastard,
louse,
snake,
snake in the grass,
skunk,
dog,
weasel,
lowlife,
scumbag,
heel,
stinker,
stinkpot,
son of a bitch,
SOB,
nasty piece of work,
scrote,
blighter,
bad lot,
spalpeen,
sleeveen,
rat fink,
fink,
dingo,
hound,
bounder,
rotter,
cad,
scoundrel,
blackguard,
dastard,
vagabond,
knave,
varlet,
cur,
wastrel,
shit,
• slow steady movement, especially when imperceptible.
• "an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs"
• an opening in a hedge or wall for an animal to pass through.
• "low in the wall are creeps, through which ewes gain access to grazing from the pastures behind"
• solid food given to young farm animals in order to wean them.
• "we've started to wean the lambs earlier and to keep them on creep"
Origin:
Old English crēopan ‘move with the body close to the ground’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruipen . Sense 1 of the verb dates from Middle English.
