creeper

Senso (Inglese)

1. A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
2. Any creeping animal (such as a serpent), reptile.
3. (in-plural, often) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
4. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
5. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
6. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
7. (in-plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
8. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
9. 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.
10. Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
11. A treecreeper.
12. Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
13. A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
17. A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
18. A ball that travels low, near ground level.

Concetti

rampicante

🧗

girello

raffio

rampino

🪝

pianta rampicante

pianta strisciante

ancorotto

persona che si trascina

sinonimi

vine

climber

creeping plant

climbing plant

liana

tree creeper

crawler

trailer

cane

rambler

reptile

reptilian

spinach

stolon

tendril

truckler

Amur pepper-vine

Amur peppervine

little branch

winding plant

creeping animal

European creeper

derris root

porcelain ampelopsis

porcelain berry

porcelainberry

clematis

creep

grapevine

herb

🌿

honeysuckle

ivy

leaf

plant

🌱

Traduzioni

liane

plante grimpante

Kletterpflanze

Kriecher

Schlinggewächs

wilder Wein

αναρριχητής

αναρριχητικό φυτό

φυτό άνερπων

crawl

plante rampante

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata

Parthenocissus

Clypeomorus dorsuosus

Terebralia pelustris

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkɹipɚ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: crepere

Ereditato da inglese antico: crēopere

In summary

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).