creeper
noun
Simple meaning
A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkɹipɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A person who crawls or creeps along the ground
often in the plural
A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
The lowest gear of some tractors or trucks: one with so low a gear ratio that the vehicle creeps along at the speed of a human's slow walk.
A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon one may lie on one's back and gain better access to the roof of a space with very low height (such as the underbody of a vehicle), or a low stool similarly wheeled.
A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
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This meaning: A person who crawls or creeps along the ground
Used this way, creeper is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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