crept

Definition

  • past tense and past participle of 'creep'

Examples

  • The price of gasoline has 'crept' back up to three dollars a gallon.

  • A few mistakes 'crept' in during the last revision of the paper.

  • She 'crept' toward the edge of the roof and looked over.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Some kind of screaming. Like a child's voice. What did you do? I went downstairs. Outside. I crept up into the barn. I was so scared to look inside, but I had to. What did you see, Clarice? What did you see? Lambs. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs