Creep
verb
To move slowly and quietly, close to the ground.
The cat crept towards the mouse silently.
Often appears as...
- creep towards
- creep under
verb
To develop or spread gradually.
Fear and worry started creeping into his mind.
Often appears as...
- creep into
- creep up
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An unpleasant person, especially someone who tries to get sexual attention in a way that is creepy.
Don't talk to him, he's a creep!
Often appears as...
- total creep
- such a creep
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To increase slowly but steadily in size, quantity, or degree.
The costs of the project have crept up over time.
Often appears as...
- creep up
- creep over
noun
A slow, creeping movement or action.
The snail moved with a steady creep.
Often appears as...
- slow creep
- steady creep
verb
To behave in a way that is not straight and direct.
The path crept through the woods.
Often appears as...
- creep through
- creep around
verb
To move slowly and quietly, close to the ground.
The cat crept towards the mouse silently.
Often appears as...
- creep towards
- creep under
verb
To develop or spread gradually.
Fear and worry started creeping into his mind.
Often appears as...
- creep into
- creep up
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
An unpleasant person, especially someone who tries to get sexual attention in a way that is creepy.
Don't talk to him, he's a creep!
Often appears as...
- total creep
- such a creep
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To increase slowly but steadily in size, quantity, or degree.
The costs of the project have crept up over time.
Often appears as...
- creep up
- creep over
noun
A slow, creeping movement or action.
The snail moved with a steady creep.
Often appears as...
- slow creep
- steady creep
verb
To behave in a way that is not straight and direct.
The path crept through the woods.
Often appears as...
- creep through
- creep around
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Stealth Movement
Used when someone or something moves without being noticed, often with a careful purpose.
She managed to creep out of the room without anyone seeing.
Pro Tip 2/2Silent Action
Emphasizes the absence of noise during movement to avoid detection.
He crept up behind his sister to surprise her.
Pro Tip 1/2Stealth Movement
Used when someone or something moves without being noticed, often with a careful purpose.
She managed to creep out of the room without anyone seeing.
Pro Tip 2/2Silent Action
Emphasizes the absence of noise during movement to avoid detection.
He crept up behind his sister to surprise her.
Pro Tip 1/2Stealth Movement
Used when someone or something moves without being noticed, often with a careful purpose.
She managed to creep out of the room without anyone seeing.
Pro Tip 2/2Silent Action
Emphasizes the absence of noise during movement to avoid detection.
He crept up behind his sister to surprise her.
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How I climbed a...
Basically, what if I got up there and it was too scary? What if I was too tired? What if I couldn't quite make the kick? I had to consider every possibility while I was safely on the ground, so that when the time came and I was actually making the moves without a rope, there was no room for doubt to creep in. Doubt is the precursor to fear, and I knew that I couldn't experience my perfect moment if I was afraid.
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The difference between...
Why? Because every new relationship starts out with this intense desire to spend time together, it's easy to miss when something shifts. Isolation creeps in when your new boyfriend or girlfriend starts pulling you away from your friends and family, your support system, and tethering you more tightly to them.
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The brilliance of...
Imagine a place so dark you can't see the nose on your face. Eyes opened or closed, it's all the same because the sun never shines there. Up ahead, you see a light. When you creep in to investigate, a blue light flits around you. "I could watch this forever," you think.
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3 rules for better...
to better protect our time. These moments seem so small at the time, and yet research suggests they add up to a tremendous loss. The constant creep of work into our personal lives can increase our stress and undermine our happiness.
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Hidden miracles of the...
and time lapse makes us discover and broaden our perspective of life. We can see how organisms emerge and grow, how a vine survives by creeping from the forest floor to look at the sunlight. And at the grand scale,
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Explore Antarctica With...
quite big responsibility especially when things start to go wrong on the weather creeps in them you have snow storms katabatic winds I suppose start to move and fog rolls in you lose old parents around you
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The Egyptian myth of...
They all combined their venom and gave it to one of the seven, Tefen. In the dead of night, Tefen crept over to the mansion. As he crawled under the door, he saw the owner’s young son sleeping peacefully
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Vampires: Folklore,...
and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force, they are part of my tribe. Even sparkling vampires can be included.
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Heroes don’t always wear...
school we're all your same thing up yeah and that shame crept up inside me only this time it transformed itself into rage I roamed through life looking for fights hiding from my shame didn't
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Watch the Total Solar...
just coming out of totality we're back into that diamond ring now so I have to put on my eye protection it's creeping back through
Video examples
How I climbed a...
Basically, what if I got up there and it was too scary? What if I was too tired? What if I couldn't quite make the kick? I had to consider every possibility while I was safely on the ground, so that when the time came and I was actually making the moves without a rope, there was no room for doubt to creep in. Doubt is the precursor to fear, and I knew that I couldn't experience my perfect moment if I was afraid.
Video examples
The difference between...
Why? Because every new relationship starts out with this intense desire to spend time together, it's easy to miss when something shifts. Isolation creeps in when your new boyfriend or girlfriend starts pulling you away from your friends and family, your support system, and tethering you more tightly to them.
Video examples
The brilliance of...
Imagine a place so dark you can't see the nose on your face. Eyes opened or closed, it's all the same because the sun never shines there. Up ahead, you see a light. When you creep in to investigate, a blue light flits around you. "I could watch this forever," you think.
Video examples
3 rules for better...
to better protect our time. These moments seem so small at the time, and yet research suggests they add up to a tremendous loss. The constant creep of work into our personal lives can increase our stress and undermine our happiness.
Video examples
Hidden miracles of the...
and time lapse makes us discover and broaden our perspective of life. We can see how organisms emerge and grow, how a vine survives by creeping from the forest floor to look at the sunlight. And at the grand scale,
Video examples
Explore Antarctica With...
quite big responsibility especially when things start to go wrong on the weather creeps in them you have snow storms katabatic winds I suppose start to move and fog rolls in you lose old parents around you
Video examples
The Egyptian myth of...
They all combined their venom and gave it to one of the seven, Tefen. In the dead of night, Tefen crept over to the mansion. As he crawled under the door, he saw the owner’s young son sleeping peacefully
Video examples
Vampires: Folklore,...
and many more will continue to creep through our nightmares. Yet, so long as they subsist off a living being's life force, they are part of my tribe. Even sparkling vampires can be included.
Video examples
Heroes don’t always wear...
school we're all your same thing up yeah and that shame crept up inside me only this time it transformed itself into rage I roamed through life looking for fights hiding from my shame didn't
Video examples
Watch the Total Solar...
just coming out of totality we're back into that diamond ring now so I have to put on my eye protection it's creeping back through
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Jennifer Winget
Indian Actress
There's a difference between lust and passionate love. Lust can't just creep in. You'll not find it where true love exists, but it has power enough to shatter the world you've worked so hard to create with love, and sometimes, it suddenly changes how you perceived love to begin with. Love then doesn't live there anymore.
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Drew Goddard
American Director
You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and you realize that you're gonna have to kill them, that fear creeps in. It's sad. It's scary, and it's also sad. Because you like these people.
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Jonathan Demme
American Director
I get creeped out by Francis Bacon's paintings, and I can't say exactly why. They're all really disturbing, and there is an almost nimbus-like quality behind some of his frightening characters and stuff.
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Olga Tokarczuk
Polish Writer
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in everywhere.
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Tim Kennedy
American Athlete
Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward.
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Colleen Haskell
American Celebrity
It's weird when people come up to me and know stuff about my life. That sort of creeps me out.
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Eric Hoffer
American Writer
It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
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Sloan Wilson
American Novelist
The world's treated me awfully well, and I guess it's crept into my work.
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Kevin Henkes
American Writer
Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in.
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Stephanie Ruhle
American Journalist
Life has a way of creeping up on us.
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Jennifer Winget
Indian Actress
There's a difference between lust and passionate love. Lust can't just creep in. You'll not find it where true love exists, but it has power enough to shatter the world you've worked so hard to create with love, and sometimes, it suddenly changes how you perceived love to begin with. Love then doesn't live there anymore.
Quote examples
Drew Goddard
American Director
You start to fall in love with characters as you work with them, and anytime that you care about your characters and you realize that you're gonna have to kill them, that fear creeps in. It's sad. It's scary, and it's also sad. Because you like these people.
Quote examples
Jonathan Demme
American Director
I get creeped out by Francis Bacon's paintings, and I can't say exactly why. They're all really disturbing, and there is an almost nimbus-like quality behind some of his frightening characters and stuff.
Quote examples
Olga Tokarczuk
Polish Writer
My books are not 'political.' I don't make political demands. They actually describe life. But when we look at human life, politics creeps in everywhere.
Quote examples
Tim Kennedy
American Athlete
Cold and fire has a way of creeping into the tiniest crack in your courage and finding that coward.
Quote examples
Colleen Haskell
American Celebrity
It's weird when people come up to me and know stuff about my life. That sort of creeps me out.
Quote examples
Eric Hoffer
American Writer
It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
Quote examples
Sloan Wilson
American Novelist
The world's treated me awfully well, and I guess it's crept into my work.
Quote examples
Kevin Henkes
American Writer
Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in.
Quote examples
Stephanie Ruhle
American Journalist
Life has a way of creeping up on us.
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