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

  • (..) l'm one of his ghosts and he wouldn't even know it. - l don't know what that means. - Ask your saint who he is. Ask him who he's killed. Plesse, don't creep around this house. See, l don't think he's forgotten anything! l think he wants to forget! Gentlemen, to mapmaking. To mapmaking! (..)
    1996 The English Patient