creeper

Etymology
From, from , equivalent to. Slang usage derived from phrase or  (distinct from merely one who creeps).

Noun

 * 1) A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
 * 2)  A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
 * 3) A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
 * 4) A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
 * 5) A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
 * 6)  A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
 * 7) An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
 * 8) 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.
 * 9)  Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus.
 * 10) A treecreeper.
 * , a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
 * 1)  A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3)  A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle; a low stool similarly wheeled.
 * 4)   A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
 * Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
 * 1) A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
 * 2)  A ball that travels low, near ground level.
 * 1)  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.
 * 2)  A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle; a low stool similarly wheeled.
 * 3)   A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
 * Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
 * 1) A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
 * 2)  A ball that travels low, near ground level.
 * 1)   A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
 * Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.
 * 1) A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
 * 2)  A ball that travels low, near ground level.
 * 1)  A ball that travels low, near ground level.

Derived terms

 * brothel creeper
 * Virginia creeper

Translations

 * Finnish: konttaaja ; ryömijä
 * German:
 * Italian: persona che si trascina, persona che si muove furtivamente


 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Greek:
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 * Finnish:


 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: пълзящо растение
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:
 * German: Kriechpflanze,
 * Greek: αναρριχητικό φυτό, άνερπων
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: pianta rampicante, pianta strisciante
 * Japanese: つる植物,
 * Macedonian: по́лзавец
 * Plautdietsch: Rank
 * Polish:, rośliny pnące
 * Portuguese:
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Spanish: rastrera
 * Tocharian B: laitke, śkwarya


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian: kotróhorgony
 * Italian: raffio,, ancorotto


 * Finnish: ryömintävaihde