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Meanings of creep in English

Portuguese
rastejamento
Catalan
arrossegada
Wikidata

A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body.

rastejamento
Spanish
espectro

Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.

espectro
Catalan
anar de puntetes

To go stealthily or furtively.

Related terms
anar de puntetes
Portuguese
andar em camera lenta
Catalan
reptar

Show submission or fear.

andar em camera lenta
Usage of creep in English
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But many others believe that involvement will continue to quietly creep up.
Reuters
2
The coral seems reasonably healthy, thus far weathering-orperhaps inured to-temperaturecreep.
The world without us
3
When this happens you get what we call 'creep' with knock-on effects.
The Irish Times
4
That's a whole other problem, which is often fuelled by lifestyle creep.
News.com.au
5
The Christian religion did not creep into the world in the dark.
Sermons on Various Important Subjects / Written Partly on Sundry...
6
The government has also flagged income tax cuts to address bracket creep.
News.com.au
7
The lopsided, partisan structure has led to mission creep, former officers say.
Reuters
8
Each step I took, the water seemed to creep higher and higher.
Reuters
9
The idea had started in London as winter began to creep in.
The Guardian
10
Mr Rudd added the G20 must prevent the creep of protectionist policies.
The Irish Times
11
However, uneasiness began to creep into Thompson's relationship with Cosby, she says.
NY Magazine
12
Eddo and the dwarfs might creep in by night and murder us.
The Ghost Kings
13
That will leave the US economy inching along at a slow creep.
The Guardian
14
Even if prices creep up, it could be for the wrong reasons.
Reuters
15
But it was necessary in the first place to creep out unseen.
The Christian: A Story
16
He was a creep, Tatianna said, and Xavier wanted to slap her.
Impossible