What is "creep"

Creep \Creep\ (kr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. Crept (kr[e^]pt) ( Crope (kr[=o]p), Obs.); p. p. Crept; p. pr. & vb. n. Creeping.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre['o]pan; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. Cripple, Crouch.]

1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

   Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep.
   --Milton.

2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.

   The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school.
   --Shak.

   Like a guilty thing, I creep.
   --Tennyson.

3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.

   The sophistry which creeps into most of the books of argument.
   --Locke.

   Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women.
   --2. Tim. iii. 6.

4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.

5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.

   To come as humbly as they used to creep.
   --Shak.

6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. ``Creeping vines.''
   --Dryden.

7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i., 4.

8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Creep \Creep\, n.

1. The act or process of creeping.

2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.

   A creep of undefinable horror.
   --Blackwood's Mag.

   Out of the stillness, with gathering creep, Like rising wind in leaves.
   --Lowell.

3. (Mining) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

Old English creopan "to creep" (class II strong verb; past tense creap, past participle cropen), from Proto-Germanic *kreupan (cognates: Old Frisian kriapa, Middle Dutch crupen, Old Norse krjupa "to creep"), perhaps from a PIE root *g(e)r- "crooked" [Watkins]. Related: Crept; creeping.

"a creeping motion," 1818, from creep (v.). Meaning "despicable person" is 1935, American English slang, perhaps from earlier sense of "sneak thief" (1914). Creeper "a gilded rascal" is recorded from c.1600, and the word also was used of certain classes of thieves, especially those who robbed customers in brothels. The creeps "a feeling of dread or revulsion" first attested 1849, in Dickens.

n. (context derogatory English) The committee to re-elect the President, which raised money for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Nixon's campaign for 1972 reelection.

1. n. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook]

2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

4. 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, creeping]

5. [also: crept]

1. v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" [syn: crawl]

2. to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, steal, pussyfoot]

3. grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example); "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings" [syn: grow over]

4. show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, cringe, cower, grovel]

5. [also: crept]

Creep, Creeps, The Creep or The Creeps may refer to:

Creep is a 2004 British-German horror film written and directed by Christopher Smith. The film follows a woman locked in the London Underground overnight who finds herself being stalked by a hideously deformed killer living in the sewers below. The film was first shown at the Frankfurt Fantasy Filmfest in Germany on 10 August 2004.

"Creep" is the fourth and final single by rap duo Mobb Deep, from their album Blood Money. The song features 50 Cent but the video accompanied with it was made and was not released. The B-side of the single is "It's Alright", featuring Mary J. Blige and 50 Cent.

Creep is a 2014 American independent found footage horror film directed by Patrick Brice, based on a story written by Brice and Mark Duplass. The film, which is Brice's directorial debut, had its world premiere on March 8, 2014, at South by Southwest and stars Brice as a man that answers a cryptic Craigslist ad. The film was released on video on demand on June 23, 2015, by The Orchard prior to a global release on Netflix on July 14, 2015.

Creep (stylized as CREƎP) is a Brooklyn based Electronic music duo formed in 2009. The duo consists of Lauren Flax and Lauren Dillard. They initially signed to Young Turks, but later formed their own label, CREEP INTL.. CREEP are best known for their single "You" and their work with popular American duo Nina Sky on their debut album Echoes.

In materials science, creep (sometimes called cold flow) is the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently under the influence of mechanical stresses. It can occur as a result of long-term exposure to high levels of stress that are still below the yield strength of the material. Creep is more severe in materials that are subjected to heat for long periods, and generally increases as they near their melting point.

The rate of deformation is a function of the material properties, exposure time, exposure temperature and the applied structural load. Depending on the magnitude of the applied stress and its duration, the deformation may become so large that a component can no longer perform its function — for example creep of a turbine blade will cause the blade to contact the casing, resulting in the failure of the blade. Creep is usually of concern to engineers and metallurgists when evaluating components that operate under high stresses or high temperatures. Creep is a deformation mechanism that may or may not constitute a failure mode. For example, moderate creep in concrete is sometimes welcomed because it relieves tensile stresses that might otherwise lead to cracking.

Unlike brittle fracture, creep deformation does not occur suddenly upon the application of stress. Instead, strain accumulates as a result of long-term stress. Therefore, creep is a "time-dependent" deformation.

"Creep" is a song by the English alternative rock band Radiohead. Radiohead released "Creep" as their debut single in 1992, and it later appeared on their first album, Pablo Honey (1993). During its initial release, "Creep" was not a chart success. However, upon re-release in 1993, it became a worldwide hit. Attendees of Radiohead's early gigs often exhibited little interest in the band's other songs, causing the band to react against "Creep" and play it less often during the mid-to-late 1990s. In 1998, halfway through their OK Computer tour, the band dropped the song from set lists altogether. The band started playing the song again in 2001 at the end of their Amnesiac tour and lasted in occasional rotation until the 2009 Reading Festival. The song was included back into some setlists in 2016 with the A Moon Shaped Pool world tour, under the second encore. It is included in the Radiohead: The Best Of compilation album.

The artwork for the single is a painting by Maurice Burns, called " Craigavon Under Age Drinkers Rule".

"Creep" is the lead single by American girl group TLC from their second album, CrazySexyCool. The song became their first #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained there for four weeks. It was nominated for two Grammy Awards at the 1996 Grammy Awards, winning the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. It was the third most successful single of 1995, finishing behind their other successful hit, " Waterfalls", on the 1995 Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Charts.

"Creep" is a song by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, appearing as the seventh track off the band's debut album, Core and later released as a single. The song also appears on the band's greatest hits album, Thank You. A live version featuring Aaron Lewis is included on The Family Values 2001 Tour release. On file sharing websites, this song is commonly misattributed to the grunge band Nirvana under the incorrect title of "Half the Man I Used to Be" (part of the lyrics of the song), due to lead vocalist Scott Weiland's singing in the chorus sounding similar to the singing voice of Kurt Cobain.