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# A person or a thing that [[crawl]]s or creeps.
# A person or a thing that [[crawl]]s or creeps.
#* {{quote-book|en|1638|Robert Burton|{{w|The Anatomy of Melancholy}}||71|Standing Waters{{...}} are most unwholesome, putrified, and full of mites, '''creepers''', slimy, muddy, uncleane, corrupt, impure, by reason of the Suns heat, and still standing;|origdate=1621|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHNVAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA71}}
#* {{quote-book|en|1638|Robert Burton|{{w|The Anatomy of Melancholy}}||71|Standing Waters{{...}} are most unwholesome, putrified, and full of mites, '''creepers''', slimy, muddy, uncleane, corrupt, impure, by reason of the Suns heat, and still standing;|origdate=1621|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHNVAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA71}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date=2020-5-7|author=Katie Rife|title=If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z|site=The Onion AV Club|url=https://film.avclub.com/if-you-re-looking-to-jump-in-your-seat-make-a-playdate-1843321861|passage=With his presence marked by shots of children’s toys overlaid with ominous music, Z is more of a '''creeper''' than a reaper—until a shocking, sudden moment midway through the film.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|date=2020-5-7|author=Katie Rife|title=If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z|site=The Onion AV Club|url=https://film.avclub.com/if-you-re-looking-to-jump-in-your-seat-make-a-playdate-1843321861|passage=With his presence marked by shots of children’s toys overlaid with ominous music, Z is more of a '''creeper''' than a reaper—until a shocking, sudden moment midway through the film.}}
# {{rfd-sense|en}} {{lb|en|video gaming}} A mottled black-and-green [[enemy]] in the video game ''[[Minecraft]]'', which attacks the [[player]] by [[chase|chasing]] them and [[explode|exploding]].
#: {{ux|en|I was almost done building my cobblestone house when a '''creeper''' snuck in and blew me up.}}
# {{lb|en|often|in the plural}} A one-piece [[garment]] for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
# {{lb|en|often|in the plural}} A one-piece [[garment]] for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
# A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
# A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.

Revision as of 22:52, 24 February 2022

English

Etymology

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep +‎ -er.
Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹipɚ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ)

Noun

creeper (plural creepers)

  1. A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
    • Lua error in Module:quote at line 884: |origdate= should contain a full date (year, month, day of month); use |origyear= for year
    • 2020 May 7, Katie Rife, “If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z”, in The Onion AV Club‎[1]:
      With his presence marked by shots of children’s toys overlaid with ominous music, Z is more of a creeper than a reaper—until a shocking, sudden moment midway through the film.
  2. (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
  3. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
  4. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
  5. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
  6. (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
  7. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
  8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
  10. Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
  11. A treecreeper.
  12. (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
  13. The lowest gear of a tractor or truck.
    Synonyms: creeper gear, creeper shift
  14. A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
  15. (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
    Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
  16. A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
  17. (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
    • 2009, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes (page 292)
      May joined Hutton and proceeded to play masterly cricket in which the straight-drive predominated. There was always the possibility that he might be trapped by a creeper, but May watched the ball intently.

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Translations

treecreeper — see treecreeper
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