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Creeper

/ˈkɹipɚ/

A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.

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noun
  1. 1

    A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.

  2. 2

    (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.

  3. 3

    A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.

  4. 4

    A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.

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tree creepernounAlternative form of treecreeper. [Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Certhia which live in woodlands throughout the Northern Hemisphere.]

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tree creepernounAlternative form of treecreeper. [Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Certhia which live in woodlands throughout the Northern Hemisphere.]
snotnoun(informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
trumpetnoun(music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.
vinenoun(especially UK) A climbing plant that produces grapes.
roachnoun(US) A cockroach.
virginianounA state of the United States. Official name: Commonwealth of Virginia. Capital: Richmond.
creeponoun(slang, derogatory) A creepy person.
creepnoun(informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
creepoidnoun(slang) Creepy.
creepazoidnoun(slang) A creepy person or creature.
creepdarnoun(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is a creep.
creekernoun(Appalachia, derogatory) A poor rural person.
creepshotternounA person who takes creepshots.
creepmousenoun(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
hedge creepernoun(obsolete) A thief who hides amongst hedges and robs travellers on the road.
wigginsnounA surname.
creep jointnoun(US, slang) A brothel or other disreputable or low-class place, especially where patrons are robbed.
crooknounA bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
cravennoun(archaic) A coward.
crapstainnoun(derogatory or offensive, mildly vulgar) An irritating person.

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