Meaning

18 senses
  1. A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.

    Kriecher

    a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

  2. Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.

  3. (in the plural, often)A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.

    Strampler, Strampelanzug

  4. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.

  5. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.

  6. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.

  7. (in the plural)A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

  8. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.

  9. 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.

    Kriechpflanze, Kletterpflanze

    any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

  11. A treecreeper.

  12. Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom told creepy stories about creepers.

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  2. Ziri was looking at the campers like a creeper.

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  3. If you get too close to a creeper, it'll explode.

    deWenn man sich einem Kriecher zu sehr nähert, explodiert er.

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  4. Unlike some other mobs, creepers don't burn up when the sun rises.

    deIm Gegensatz zu einigen anderen Gegnern verbrennen Kriecher nicht zu Asche, wenn die Sonne aufgeht.

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  5. I killed a creeper.

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Translations

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By meaning 3
person or thing that creeps:
one-piece garment for infants:
plant:

Origin

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep + -er. Slang u

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).

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Forms

plural: creepers
Singularcreeper
Pluralcreepers

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of various small insectivorous birds of the Northern Hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet:tree creeper
  • a person who crawls or creeps along the ground:crawler

Word family

20 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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