creeps

Noun

plural form of creep
(plural only) Fear; anxiety.
I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative form of creep

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The old boat creeps over the water no faster than a snail.
- " Creeps " in Coal-Mines.
Some ferns have a longer or shorter erect stem often clothed by the persistent bases of the leaves; in others the stem creeps on the surface of the substratum or is subterranean.
God can dumbness keep While Sin creeps grinning through His house of Time.
Sometimes he gave her the creeps, and she suspected he was sharper than he let on.

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