creeper
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
nautical
sports
transport
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).
Base: creep
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: creepers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
pos: noun
examples: 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;
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.
gloss: Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
pos: noun
gloss: A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
often
gloss: A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
pos: noun
gloss: A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
pos: noun
gloss: A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
pos: noun
gloss: A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
gloss: An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
pos: noun
examples: Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
gloss: A treecreeper.
pos: noun
gloss: Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
pos: noun
gloss: A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
pos: noun
gloss: The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
pos: noun
examples: Throwing it in creeper and then getting out to work alongside is strictly forbidden because it is too dangerous if anything goes wrong.
gloss: A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
pos: noun
examples: If my phone rings while I'm on a creeper underneath the car with oil on my hands, well, the caller will just have to leave a voicemail.
"Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?"
"My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest.
"Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."
gloss: A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
slang
examples: Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
gloss: A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
pos: noun
gloss: A ball that travels low, near ground level.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
Translations:
lang: Finnish
word: konttaaja (crawler)
lang: Finnish
word: ryömijä
lang: German
word: Kriecher
lang: Italian
word: persona che si trascina
lang: Italian
word: persona che si muove furtivamente
lang: Greek
word: περπατούρα
roman: perpatoúra
lang: Italian
word: girello