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creeps

[ kreeps ]

noun

(used with a singular verb)
  1. Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.


creeps

/ ː /

plural noun

  1. the creeps informal.
    a feeling of fear, repulsion, disgust, etc
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of creeps1

So called from the effect on the animal's gait; creep, -s 3
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"You try and push it out but it creeps back in."

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His mother Dian Clarke says she is "trying to stay positive", adding: "You hear about people going missing in the news and then it creeps up on you."

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Refreshingly, “Heart Eyes,” directed by Josh Ruben, is a flip throwback to a time when killers were creeps and victims were chum.

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Now Crawley is up against a New Zealand team that gives him the creeps.

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She continued: “He wears a ring on his pointer finger. It creeps me out.”

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