# creeps

Pronunciation: say "KREEPS" /kɹiːps/

## Noun

1. A sensation of fear, dread, or horror.
   - Simple: A scared, uneasy feeling that something is frightening or wrong.
   - _The abandoned asylum gave the whole crew the creeps._
   - _Something about his fixed, unblinking stare gave her the creeps._
2. A skin-crawling sensation, as though small objects or insects were moving across one's skin.
   - Simple: An itchy, crawling feeling on your skin, as if tiny things were moving on you.
   - _The damp cellar walls, slick with something unseen, gave him the creeps._
   - _She got the creeps the moment she felt phantom legs crawling up her arm._
3. Plural of creep. — plural of creep
   - Simple: Plural of creep. Use this when talking about more than one unpleasant person.
   - _The neighborhood forum kept warning about creeps loitering near the school._
   - _She blocked all the creeps who messaged her after the photo went up._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of creep. — third-person singular simple present indicative of creep
   - Simple: Third-person form of creep. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The vine creeps along the garden wall toward the sunlight._
   - _Doubt creeps into her mind whenever the house falls silent._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/creeps (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).