creep

Noun

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
  • a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
    
  • the traffic moved at a creep
    

• a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot

• a slow longitudinal movement or deformation

• someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

Verb

• show submission or fear

• grow or spread, often in such a way as to cover (a surface)
  • ivy crept over the walls of the university buildings
    

• to go stealthily or furtively
  • ..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
    

• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
  • The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crawl , crawling , creeping , weirdo , weirdie , weirdy , spook , fawn , cringe , cower , grovel , sneak , mouse , pussyfoot