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Definition of creeper in English: creepernoun ˈkriːpəˈkripər 1Botany
Any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches. 〔植〕匍匐植物 Example sentencesExamples - Everything was overgrown with the same creeper vines, fungi and lichen that the old fences were.
- The plant, a creeper of the arum lily family, is a native of Mexico and Guatemala.
- Yes muntries are little purple berries and they're the fruit of a shrub, a ground creeper, that grows down in eastern South Australia.
- Bright green baby's tears, blue star creeper, and creeping thyme grow below them.
- Flowering plants, creepers and hedge shrubs will be planted.
Synonyms climbing plant, trailing plant vine, trailer, climber, rambler 2with modifier Any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees or vegetation. 贴行鸟 ('brown creeper')(North American) the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae). ('brown creeper')(NZ) a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua or 'Finschia' novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae). a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species). a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species). Example sentencesExamples - They walked down the man trail, enjoying the many songs of the tree creepers above.
- A brown creeper also wooed us for just one day.
- Brown creepers have just taken over the neighborhood, you hear them everywhere you go.
- A flock of brown creepers were on most of the trees.
- One most beautiful and exotic of creepers is cardinal creeper.
3North American informal A person whose behaviour towards or interest in someone is regarded as unwelcome and socially inappropriate (typically used of a man) I could dance there without a creeper walking up and accosting me Example sentencesExamples - He was a creeper who spied on her every move and manipulated his way into their lives.
- I only block trolls and creepers though, which I haven't been getting a lot of lately.
- Whether she's demonstrating how to keep creepers away, or producing mini-musicals featuring her dogs, she is always entertaining.
- Just because he was spying on Olivia via hidden cameras, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's a creeper.
- At first, they just skulked around the windows at the viewing parties and peered in like a bunch of creepers.
- He is a creeper who's dating a teenager, recording everything that takes place in his life and leering through windows.
- She's dealt with her fair share of creepers when it comes to obsessive fans and trespassers at her home.
- Tom thinks Wendy is super cute, judging by his creeper stare, so he has her start working right away in the toy department.
- With a creeper glint in his eyes, Peter eschews any form of anger management in favor of destroying his career in one glorious temper tantrum.
- They accuse him of being a restroom creeper.
4creepersinformal short for brothel creepers
RhymesArequipa, beeper, bleeper, Dnieper, keeper, leaper, peeper, reaper, sleeper, sweeper, weeper Definition of creeper in US English: creepernounˈkrēpərˈkripər 1Botany
Any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems or branches. 〔植〕匍匐植物 Example sentencesExamples - Yes muntries are little purple berries and they're the fruit of a shrub, a ground creeper, that grows down in eastern South Australia.
- The plant, a creeper of the arum lily family, is a native of Mexico and Guatemala.
- Everything was overgrown with the same creeper vines, fungi and lichen that the old fences were.
- Bright green baby's tears, blue star creeper, and creeping thyme grow below them.
- Flowering plants, creepers and hedge shrubs will be planted.
Synonyms climbing plant, trailing plant 2Any of a number of small birds that creep around in trees or vegetation. 贴行鸟 ('brown creeper')(NZ)a New Zealand songbird ( a New Zealand songbird (Mohoua or 'Finschia' novaeseelandiae, family Pachycephalidae or Acanthizidae) a Philippine songbird (family Rhabdornithidae and genus Rhabdornis: two species) ('brown creeper') the American treecreeper (Certhia americana, family Certhiidae) a Hawaiian honeycreeper (genus Paroreomyza, family Drepanididae: three species) Example sentencesExamples - A brown creeper also wooed us for just one day.
- One most beautiful and exotic of creepers is cardinal creeper.
- They walked down the man trail, enjoying the many songs of the tree creepers above.
- A flock of brown creepers were on most of the trees.
- Brown creepers have just taken over the neighborhood, you hear them everywhere you go.
3North American informal A person whose behavior toward or interest in someone is regarded as unwelcome and socially inappropriate (typically used of a man) I could dance there without a creeper walking up and accosting me Example sentencesExamples - She's dealt with her fair share of creepers when it comes to obsessive fans and trespassers at her home.
- At first, they just skulked around the windows at the viewing parties and peered in like a bunch of creepers.
- He is a creeper who's dating a teenager, recording everything that takes place in his life and leering through windows.
- They accuse him of being a restroom creeper.
- I only block trolls and creepers though, which I haven't been getting a lot of lately.
- Tom thinks Wendy is super cute, judging by his creeper stare, so he has her start working right away in the toy department.
- He was a creeper who spied on her every move and manipulated his way into their lives.
- With a creeper glint in his eyes, Peter eschews any form of anger management in favor of destroying his career in one glorious temper tantrum.
- Whether she's demonstrating how to keep creepers away, or producing mini-musicals featuring her dogs, she is always entertaining.
- Just because he was spying on Olivia via hidden cameras, it doesn't necessarily mean that he's a creeper.
4creepersinformal short for brothel creepers 5A low, wheeled platform on which a mechanic lies while working on the underside of a motor vehicle.
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