creeps

Meanings

Plural: the creeps

Noun

• a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
• a feeling of fear and revulsion
  • "he gives me the creeps"
• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
• plural of creep
• A sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.
• A feeling or sensation of fear or horror.

Verb

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
• to go stealthily or furtively
• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
• show submission or fear
• third-person singular simple present indicative of creep

Synonyms

collywobbles, cower, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, cringe, dithers, fawn, fear, grovel, heebie-jeebies, mouse, pussyfoot, sneak, spook, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy, wiggins, willies