Creeps dictionary definition

Sometimes he gave her the creeps, and she suspected he was sharper than he let on.
A moral paralysis creeps over us " (Natural Religion, Postscript).
8, D) capable of living freely in water for at least a week (Bothriocephalus), which then, if eaten by a stickleback, throws off its ciliated envelope, and creeps by the aid of the hooks through the intestinal wall into the body-cavity of the fish.
In the former case the larva creeps along the tadpole until it reaches the branchial opening into which it darts, fixes its sucker, and then throws off its cilia.
Nevertheless, the krait is probably the most destructive snake to human life in India, since it is very common and often creeps into the houses.