creeper

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

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