Unscramble creeps

Definition of creeps

noun:

• a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait.
• a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps".
• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric. Synonyms: creep, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy.
• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation. Synonyms: creep.
• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot. Synonyms: creep.
• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage", "the traffic moved at a creep". Synonyms: crawl, crawling, creep, creeping.

verb:

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed". Synonyms: crawl, creep.
• to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house". Synonyms: creep, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak.
• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface); "ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings". Synonyms: creep.
• show submission or fear. Synonyms: cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel.

Related words

formicate.

Words nearby

creep, creepy.

Rhymes with

heaps.