creeping

[creep·ing]

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

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Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

Noun
a slow creeping 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"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Creep

a.
Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

a.
Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.


Creeping

Creep"ing, a. 1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20. 2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.
Casements lined with creeping herbs.
Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.- Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.

Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

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Usage Examples

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

When I was a kid, I loved 'The Curse of Frankenstein,' 'The Creeping Unknown,' 'X: The Unknown.' I love 'Forbidden Planet,' 'The Thing from Another World.' They were science fiction/horror movies, generally.

I don't trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere.

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