creeper
爬行者,爬山虎,爬虫,爬行器
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Definitions
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- : a person or thing that creeps.
- : Botany. a plant that grows upon or just beneath the surface of the ground, or upon any other surface, sending out rootlets from the stem, as ivy and couch grass.
- : Often creepers. a one-piece garment for an infant, the lower portion resembling briefs or having legs extending to the knees, with snaps across the crotch for convenience in diapering.
- : Chiefly Northeastern U.S. a spiked iron plate worn on the shoe to prevent slipping on ice, rock, etc.
- : Also called broth·el creep·er .Informal. a shoe with a thick, soft sole:She wore a miniskirt and creepers.
- : Also called cradle. Automotive. a flat framework on casters, on which a mechanic lies while working under an automobile or the like.
- : Ornithology. any of various birds that creep or climb about on trees, especially of the family Certhiidae, as Certhia americana, of the Northern Hemisphere.
- : a domestic fowl having malformed, short legs, due to a genetic defect.
- : a grappling device for dragging a river, lake, etc.
- : Also creep .Slang. a sneak thief.
- : Slang. a person who makes persistent sexual advances toward someone, or who cheats on a sexual partner.
- : Slang. creep.
- : Slang. a person who follows someone persistently or stealthily; a stalker.
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Examples
The quintessential creeper is Alex, a 29-year-old who “dates online because it makes getting laid a lot easier.”
The streets beyond were exotic, dangerous, strange—shanties and creeper weed, the mountains marking the horizon.
His beautiful forked horns were caught up in a creeper hanging from a tree, from which he was trying to free himself.
Her restless fingers began to gather the red leaves that already variegated the foliage of the creeper shading the porch.
They were riding single file along a narrow jungle-path when Koyala's horse stumbled over a hidden creeper.
It is our old friend the bougainvillea, but here it grows into a great tree instead of a creeper.
Such a lovely house, half covered with purple clematis and Virginia creeper, and a dear little chapel, and beautiful grounds!