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
Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
There are those, particularly in the British media, who keep referring to this as part of the ever-increasing creep of AI into day-to-day life, but Bolton objected to the use of that term in this case.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Armed crew members creeping through dim, claustrophobic hallways where death could be lurking around any corner.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Traditions are waylaid, revised, or simply forgotten in assimilation’s slow creep.
—Terry Nguyen
july 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
There are those, particularly in the British media, who keep referring to this as part of the ever-increasing creep of AI into day-to-day life, but Bolton objected to the use of that term in this case.
—Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025
Verb
Mora got off the moped, crept along the rocks, pulled out a gun and pointed it at the head of the agent, who pulled his own gun, exchanging fire with Mora, authorities allege.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2025
Armed crew members creeping through dim, claustrophobic hallways where death could be lurking around any corner.
—Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creep
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Kaitlyn Santa Juana plays a college student who learns that her grandmother cheated Death decades ago, and now that jerk is coming to take out her whole family via various creatively gnarly, Rube Goldberg-esque kills.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Mid-performance, the prop jerks downward after slipping from its wire, causing a drop that nearly unseats her.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
19 July 2025
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During the same period, explorers began encroaching on the islands, including Captain James Cook and British fur trader John Meares, whose arrival is depicted in episode 2.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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But the move also means encroaching on the turf of chipmaker customers such as Qualcomm.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
31 July 2025
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Health care may include the use of hormones to delay puberty in adolescents, behavioral health counseling to support and promote the gender identity with which a person aligns, and hormone replacement therapy.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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But the judge walked back that suggestion in his order that denied the defense’s request to delay Kohberger’s trial.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Aug. 2025
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Adam crawls along the floor, left, about to put his finger in an electrical outlet, right, while his baby watches from afar.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
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This setup enabled the robots to crawl using sequential contractions and relaxation—much like a caterpillar.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Aug. 2025
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One person would hold the rod and drag ashore a thrashing, 200-pound sawfish.—
Jack Prator,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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In doing so, the currents drag swimmers out into open waters.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Debt from a 2018 restructuring lingered and mall traffic, especially in secondary locations, continued to decline.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Even as Andrew James McGann sits in jail accused of the ghastly double murder of parents on a hike at a state park in the Ozark Mountains, key questions linger about the motive.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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Looking like a wild morning glory, field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is a vigorous perennial vine that often snakes its way up, over, and through your garden plants.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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Telltale details of artifice surface in these larger gallery images: Backdrops emerge more prominently, noticeable seams and threads materialize in artificial arrangements, a layer of dust coats a fake bamboo plant, a rubber hose snakes into a seemingly untrammeled landscape.—
Lisa Wong Macabasco,
Vogue,
4 Aug. 2025
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The premiere episode was a hot topic not only among viewership and the media but within the White House as Parker and Stone brutally poked fun at President Donald Trump in both animated and live-action deepfake form.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Having to spend three hours being poked and prodded and prevented from making phone calls rankled; Diamandis is an incorrigible multitasker.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Creep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creep. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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