creeper
creeper Lexical Profile
creeper Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A low framework mounted on casters on which an auto mechanic lies while working underneath a motor vehicle.
"The mechanic slid under the chassis on a wheeled creeper to inspect the exhaust pipe."
A type of casual shoe characterized by a thick crepe sole and suede upper, or a one-piece garment for an infant.
"She paired her vintage jacket with black suede creepers featuring thick platform soles."
Any of various small woodland songbirds, especially of the family Certhiidae (treecreepers), having thin downcurved bills and stiff tail feathers used for climbing tree trunks in search of insects.
"We watched a brown creeper spiral briskly up the bark of the pine tree looking for beetles."
A person who acts in afurtive, unsettling, or socially inappropriate manner, or who obsessively follows or monitors others (informal).
"She blocked the unknown account because the constant messages made the sender seem like a creeper."
Any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall by means of extending stems, tendrils, or aerial roots.
"The old stone cottage was almost completely covered in a thick green creeper."
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