creeper
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈkɹipɚ/
creeper (plural creepers)
- A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
- (often, in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
- A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
- A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
- A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
- (chiefly, in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
- An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
- 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.
- Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
- Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.
- 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies
- A treecreeper.
- (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
- The lowest gear of a tractor or truck.
- Synonyms: creeper gear, creeper shift
- A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
- (pejorative, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
- Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
- A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
- (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
- 2009, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes (page 292)
- 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.
- 2009, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes (page 292)
- (one who crawls) crawler
- (garment) babygro, creepers, diaper shirt, infant bodysuit, snapsuit
- (climbing plant) climber
- (wheeled platform) cradle
- Italian: persona che si trascina, persona che si muove furtivamente
- Italian: girello
- Russian: крипер
- French: plante grimpante
- Italian: pianta rampicante, pianta strisciante
- Spanish: rastrera
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