creeping n : a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl, crawling, creep]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːpɪŋ

Verb

creeping

1. present participle of creep

Creep may refer to:

• Creep (deformation), a materials deformation process that can lead to mechanical failure
• Downhill creep, the slow progression of rock down a low grade slope
• Fault creep, a slow steady movement along an earthquake fault
• Creep (project management), the jeopardizing of a project's initial objectives by an increase in overall objectives
• Creep, advancing of a railway wheel more or less than is expected from rolling, without large-scale slip
• Creap, a brand of powdered milk substitute popular in Japan

In entertainment:

• "Creep" (Radiohead song), by the British band Radiohead
• "Creep" (TLC song), by TLC
• "Creep" (Stone Temple Pilots song), by Stone Temple Pilots
• "The Creeps", a song by Camille Jones and Fedde le Grand
• The Creep (book), a 1968 novel by Jeffrey Frank
• Creep (film), a 2004 British horror film
• Creeps (1956 film), a 1956 short subject starring the Three Stooges.
• Creep (Warcraft), a neutral but hostile computer controlled unit in Warcraft III
• Creep (Starcraft), an organic ground cover necessary for constructing structures by the Zerg race in Starcraft

CREEP may stand for:

• Committee to Re-elect the President
• The Moon mineral is spelled KREEP.

See also

• Cramp

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