creep
To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
Other meanings
To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
Synonyms
- crawl
Related words
- creeping sage
- creepingly
- noncreeping
- creepage
- creephole
- make someone's skin creep
- mopery with intent to creep
- becreep
- creep out
- creep up on
- creeper
- creeping Charlie
Word history
From Old English "crēopan" (to creep, crawl).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “creep” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.