Meaning

1 senses
  1. The act of something that creeps.

More definitions
  • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

Origin

From Middle English creping, crepynge, from Old English crēopung, equivalent to creep + -i

From Middle English creping, crepynge, from Old English crēopung, equivalent to creep + -ing.

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