creep

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
2. (intransitive) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
3. (intransitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
4. (intransitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
5. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
6. To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
7. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn.
8. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
9. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
10. (intransitive, slang) To covertly have sex (with a person other than one's primary partner); to cheat with.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails).
2. (countable, uncountable) A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
3. (countable, uncountable) A slight displacement of an object; the slight movement of something.
4. (uncountable) The gradual expansion or proliferation of something beyond its original goals or boundaries, considered negatively.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
7. (countable, uncountable) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
8. (countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable) Someone creepy (annoyingly unpleasant), especially one who is strange or eccentric.
9. (countable, derogatory, especially, informal, uncountable) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
10. (countable, uncountable) A barrier with small openings used to keep large animals out while allowing smaller animals to pass through.

Conceptos

arrastrarse

gatear

reptar

trepar

bicho

🐛

deambular

entrar

escalar

espectro

invadir

montar

pasear

pasearse

penetrar

serpentear

subir

estrafalario

hijoputa

insinuarse

serpear

guataca

aparear animales

elevarse el costo

montar animal

rampar

bicho raro

rarito

tipo raro

adular

avanzar a hurtadillas

arrastrar

ascender

cabalgar

cabrón

Sinónimos

crawl

sneak

slither

climb

cringe

steal

grovel

stalk

worm

🪱

creeping

crud

scumbag

slip

slink

scum

slimebag

spread

glide

dirtbag

move slowly

cower

swine

still hunt

go

slimeball

dirtball

scuzzbag

scoundrel

scuzzball

drag

fawn

move

sleazeball

sleaze

pussyfoot

rascal

crawling

slimebucket

dick

advance slowly

weirdie

dawdle

weirdo

tiptoe

trail

son of a bitch

creep up

slide

spook

sidle

Traducciones

kriechen

ramper

kruipen

strisciare

schleichen

rastejar

arrossegar-se

έρπω

serpear

arrojar-se

engerd

Kriechen

serpere

krabbeln

Arschloch

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɹiːp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: crepen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: crēopan

Cognado con frisón occidental: krippe

Cognado con frisón occidental: crjippa

Cognado con bajo alemán: krepen

Cognado con neerlandés: kruipen

Cognado con alto alemán medio: kriefen

Cognado con danés: krybe

Cognado con noruego: krype

Cognado con sueco: krypa

Cognado con islandés: krjúpa

In summary

From Middle English crepen, from Old English crēopan (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to twist, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with West Frisian krippe, krûpe, West Frisian crjippa (“to creep”), Low German krepen and krupen, Dutch kruipen (“to creep, crawl”), Middle High German kriefen (“to creep”), Danish krybe (“to creep”), Norwegian krype (“to creep”), Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”), Icelandic krjúpa (“to stoop”).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *kreupaną
Proto-West Germanic *kreupan
Old English crēopan
Middle English crepen
English creep