as in jerk
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods
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as in to delay
to move or act slowly
that Friday afternoon we were just creeping, waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend
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Recent Examples of creep
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
But here, in the strongest era of his leading man status, Caine is a dashing, moral, relentless badass who takes out an entire family of rich creeps.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Cassidy Sollazzo,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
As our lower pressure breaks down, high temps start to creep back up into the mid 80s by Saturday and back towards 90 degrees Sunday afternoon.
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Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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Noun
Clement’s sad-sack charm successfully boosts the leap of faith required to keep Steve from becoming an oblivious creep, but the show belongs to Walker.
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Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
But here, in the strongest era of his leading man status, Caine is a dashing, moral, relentless badass who takes out an entire family of rich creeps.
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Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Verb
Catastrophe looms in Terrestrials' near-menacing tone, full of ominous synth pulses and creeping grooves.
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Cassidy Sollazzo,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
As our lower pressure breaks down, high temps start to creep back up into the mid 80s by Saturday and back towards 90 degrees Sunday afternoon.
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Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creep
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This Jamaican restaurant, located just off Main Street, brings Caribbean flavors to Mackinac Island’s solid rotation of restaurants, with planked whitefish and jerk chicken sandwiches.
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After Game 4, jerks were throwing things at Victor Wembanyama.
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The latest installment shifts focus from the dynamic between Woody and Buzz to Jessie, telling a story about the encroaching role of technology in children’s development.
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People around Putin cannot afford to step outside their sphere of responsibility or encroach on someone else’s interests (with some exceptions in the military and security services).
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And schools that delay submitting transfer paperwork until the last minute thinking investigators will be too busy to spot an error don’t understand the process.
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The initial flight was delayed, causing everyone on the flight to miss their connections in Iceland.
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As pests crawl through it, its jagged edges scrape their exoskeletons, dehydrating and killing them.
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For cybersecurity companies, identifying a digital agent crawling a website used to be enough evidence of malicious activity.
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As the conflict in the Middle East has dragged on, pressure has been building on Capitol Hill to intervene.
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In an unprecedented moved in May, Lebanon filed a formal complaint against Iran at the United Nations Security Council, directly accusing Tehran of violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations for interfering in its sovereign decisions and dragging the country into war.
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What breaks my heart is that Vermax’s cries sounded like a dog crying, a dog dying.
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Roughly the size of a large dog and weighing more than 110 pounds (50 kilograms), the quadruped robot is designed to navigate industrial facilities that include staircases, narrow walkways, uneven surfaces, and confined spaces.
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The town’s predicament highlights the limits of any ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, and the lingering hardship faced by residents whose lives have been upended by years of conflict.
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Robertson answered any lingering questions about his game with his franchise-caliber play.
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Longtime stores and newer spots at destinations like The Strip District Terminal are bringing extra staff, extending hours and stocking up for busy weekends when sidewalks are shoulder-to-shoulder, and lines snake out the doors.
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In certain soaring drone shots, the Gobi’s dry, greige sprawl looks like nothing so much as the surface of another planet, at least until it’s disrupted by snaking manmade infrastructure and drab light industry.
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“Creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creep. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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