Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for creepings?

What's the noun for creepings? Here's the word you're looking for.

creeper
  1. A person or a thing who crawls or creeps.
  2. Often in plural, a one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
  3. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
  4. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
  5. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
  6. (plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
  7. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
  8. 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.
  9. Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
  10. A treecreeper.
  11. (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
  12. The lowest gear of a tractor or truck; also creeper gear, creeper shift.
  13. A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
  14. (pejorative) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
  15. A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various twentieth-century subcultures.
  16. Synonyms:
  17. Examples:
    1. “Everything was overgrown with the same creeper vines, fungi and lichen that the old fences were.”
      “I bought a cute creeper with adorable patterns for my newborn nephew.”
      “Bright green baby's tears, blue star creeper, and creeping thyme grow below them.”
creep
  1. The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
  2. A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
  3. A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
  4. The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
  5. (publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
  6. (materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
  7. (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
  8. (pejorative) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
  9. (agriculture) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “Why did that little creep have to be right about everything?”
      “She is a sniveling little creep who sucks up to her superiors. She is so slimy and irritating.”
creepage
  1. A gradual, creeping movement
  2. The leakage of an electrical current across the surface of an insulator (dielectric)
  3. Examples:
    1. “Eventually, initiation of RCF cracks being the origin of shelling is accelerated by creepage.”
      “Results indicate that the influence of the contact angle is dominant over the influence of spin creepage.”
      “Spin creepage mainly influences processes in the contact, therefore influencing the tangential contact force amplitude.”
creeple
  1. Obsolete form of cripple.
  2. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A creeping creature; a reptile.
  3. Examples:
    1. “There is one creeping beast, or long creeple, that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.”
creepoid
  1. (pejorative) A creepy person or creature.
  2. Synonyms:
creepazoid
  1. (slang) A creepy person or creature.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I always get the chills when I see that old abandoned house on the hill, as if a creepazoid is lurking within its walls.”
creepiness
  1. The state of being creepy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Even the skylight in the ceiling did little to dispel the creepiness the room seemed to ooze.”
      “I think the most beautiful thing about a record is its flaws and imperfections and creepiness.”
      “Relying primarily on percussive instruments, the composer can take the credit for at least half the film's creepiness.”
creepers
creeping
creepo
  1. (derogatory) A creepy person.
creeps
creepazoids
creepinesses
creepoids
creepages
  1. plural of creepage
creepings
creeples
  1. plural of creeple
creepos
  1. plural of creepo
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
9-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024