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creep verb (crept, creeping) intrans 1 to move slowly, with stealth or caution. 2 to move with the body close to the ground; to crawl. 3 said of a plant: to grow along the ground, up a wall, etc. 4 to enter barely noticeably • Anxiety crept into her voice. 5 to develop little by little • Inflation was creeping slowly but surely upwards. 6 said especially of the flesh: to have a strong tingling sensation as a response to fear or disgust. 7 to act in a fawning way. noun 1 an act of creeping. 2 derog an unpleasant person. 3 the slow deformation with time of a solid material, especially a metal, under stress, usually occuring at high temperatures. 4 the slow movement of soil, broken rock or mining ground downward under the influence of gravity. creeping adj. give someone the creeps colloq to disgust or frighten them.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon creopan.