v
(transitive) To creep up on; stalk
v
(transitive, usually reflexive) To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
v
(intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
v
(slang) To discreetly monitor in a creepy way. To stalk.
v
(informal, transitive) To make uncomfortable or afraid; to give someone the creeps.
n
Alternative form of creepshot [A surreptitiously taken photograph of a person (usually a woman) focusing on sexualized areas of the body such as the breasts, groin, or buttocks.]
v
(intransitive) To advance or increase with stealth, unnoticed (literally or figuratively).
v
(transitive) To shame someone by characterizing them as a creep.
n
A gradual, creeping movement
n
(slang) The ability to detect whether or not a person is a creep.
adj
(informal) Experiencing a creepy sensation; having been weirded out.
n
A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
v
(transitive, informal) To make creepy; to make annoying, unpleasant, or mildly threatening.
n
(UK, informal, derogatory) A person who puts on a pretense of piety.
n
(obsolete, UK, dialect) A creeping creature; a reptile.
n
(mildly derogatory) An extremely timid and unassuming person.
n
(slang, derogatory) A creepy person.
adj
(informal) Very creepy; creepy in a positive or exciting way.
adj
Moving by creeping along.
n
(Australia, informal, trademark erosion) An automated suction pool cleaner.
n
(idiomatic) Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.
n
The tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level.
n
(informal) feature creep
v
(transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
n
(colloquial) A rapid pace.
n
(figuratively) Something exciting or thrilling.
adj
(idiomatic) Synonym of hot on someone's heels
adj
Done in a hurry; rushed.
v
(intransitive, poetic) To creep in; to make a furtive entrance.
adj
Tending to drive too fast.
adv
(idiomatic) Hard at work.
v
(transitive, informal) To surpass in creeping someone out.
v
(transitive) To have a stronger smell than; to drown out (another smell).
v
(transitive) To smell worse than; to surpass in stench.
adj
(chiefly botany) Creeping along the ground.
n
A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.
adv
While rushing; in a great hurry.
adj
Characterised by rushing; hurried; fast-paced
v
Alternative form of talk out of turn [(idiomatic) To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.]
n
The act of one who storms or rages.
n
That which wastes time; a waste of time.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To toil excessively; work or labour hard.
n
(idiomatic) A place, opportunity, etc. to which it is difficult to gain entry.
n
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of toil. [Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.]
v
(obsolete) To exchange opinions; speak one's mind; share thoughts; communicate.
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