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    creep
    [krēp]
    verb
    creeps (third person present)
    1. move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed:
      "he crept downstairs, hardly making any noise"
      • (of a thing) move very slowly at an inexorably steady pace:
        "the fog was creeping up from the marsh"
    2. (of a plant) grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches:
      "thorny roses crept up the dull gray walls"
    3. (of a plastic solid) undergo gradual deformation under stress.
    noun
    creeps (plural noun)
    1. informal
      derogatory
      a detestable person:
      "I thought he was a nasty little creep"
      • a person who behaves in an obsequious way in the hope of advancement.
    2. slow movement, especially at a steady but almost imperceptible pace:
      "an attempt to prevent this slow creep of costs"
      • the tendency of a car with automatic transmission to move when in gear without the accelerator being pressed:
        "creep can be useful in slow-moving traffic or when parking"
      • the gradual downward movement of disintegrated rock or soil due to gravitational forces:
        "stones and earth slowly slip down the slopes by soil creep"
      • the gradual deformation of a plastic solid under stress:
        "metals and ceramics can also exhibit creep"
      • gradual bulging of the floor of a mine owing to pressure on the pillars:
        "the mines were unworkable because of creep"
    3. the gradual, inadvertent increase or expansion of something beyond its original scope or objective, especially to detrimental effect:
      "scope creep is a real threat to any project" · "lifestyle creep often accompanies salary increases"
    Origin
    Old English crēopan ‘move with the body close to the ground’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruipen. Sense 1 of the verb dates from Middle English.
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    verb
    1. move slowly and carefully in order to avoid being heard or noticed:
      crawl
      inch
      edge
      slither
      slide
      squirm
      wriggle
      writhe
      worm
      sneak
      steal
      slip
      slink
      sidle
      skulk
      pad
      prowl
      tiptoe
      pussyfoot
      soft-shoe
      move on all fours
      move on hands and knees
      pull oneself
      worm one's way
      insinuate oneself
      tread warily
      move stealthily
      move furtively
      move unnoticed
      walk quietly
      noun
      1. a detestable person:
        rogue
        villain
        wretch
        reprobate
        beast
        pig
        rat
        louse
        snake
        snake in the grass
        skunk
        weasel
        lowlife
        scumbag
        heel
        stinker
        stinkpot
        son of a bitch
        SOB
        scrote
        blighter
        spalpeen
        fink
        dingo
        bastard
        dog
        dirty dog
        swine
        hound
        bounder
        rotter
        shit
        cad
        scoundrel
        blackguard
        dastard
        vagabond
        knave
        varlet
        cur
        wastrel
        nasty piece of work
        bad lot
        sleeveen
        rat fink
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