Meaning & Definition of Creep in English

1. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

2. A slow longitudinal movement or deformation

3. A pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

4. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

• "A crawl was all that the injured man could manage"

• "The traffic moved at a creep"

1. Move slowly

• In the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

• "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

2. To go stealthily or furtively

• "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"

3. Grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)

• "Ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings"

4. Show submission or fear