creep

Definition

  • verb: to move slowly with the body close to the ground
  • verb: to move along with the body prone and close to the ground
  • usually used in plural with 'the'
  • synonyms: fawn, steal, crawl

Examples

  • He's been 'creeping' (up) to the boss for months, so it's no surprise he got a promotion.

  • A spider was 'creeping' [='crawling'] along the bathroom floor.

  • I caught him 'creeping' down the stairs to the kitchen.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yes. You are running out of time. Which is why we must go through Mirkwood. A darkness lies upon that forest. Fell things creep beneath those trees. There is an alliance between the Ores of Moria... ...and the Necromancer in Dol Guldur. I would not venture there... ...except in great need. (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug