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

  • (..) Oh, look, I know this guys weren't like Harvard or MBA's Robbie the pin head took years to finish highschool. Otter, didn't even graduade. Chaster the creep chinaman, though jitjitsu was in Israel. The smartest from a bunch, was Nicky Kascov. He actually went to law school. (..)
    2013 The Wolf of Wall Street