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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
Synonyms
Examples for "mouse"
Examples for "mouse"
1
Her reward, my father said, for keeping the mouse population in check.
The Good Daughters
2
The mouse was in constant fear of the cat and the owl.
Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit
3
The mouse had upset the lamp; the bed curtains were on fire.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
4
Purpose: The mouse eye has become an important model in vision research.
Pubmed
5
The mountains are in labor, a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
The Works of Horace
1
A clear view in every direction, no possibility of a sneak attack.
Touching darkness
2
If so, an American sneak attack might set off a nuclear war.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
3
Police had arrested 174 people for trying to sneak across the border.
Reuters
4
Knight and DeJesus would sneak food to each other, this source said.
Reuters
5
He managed to sneak straight into the house without my seeing him.
Destined to last
1
And this time, they wouldn't pussyfoot around and call it a transfer.
It Must Be Love
2
If Dad was here, he wouldn't pussyfoot around making tree branches snap.
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
3
The commission didn't pussyfoot around -it went the whole hog.
The Irish Times
4
Neither of them could afford for him to pussyfoot around and get hurt.
Midnight hero
5
Her so-called guardian and a major pain in the backside; Knot didn't pussyfoot around.
The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy
Usage of creep in English
1
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