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Noun
creeps
- plural of creep
Noun
creeps pl (plural only)
- (preceded by definite article) A sensation that things are crawling on one's skin.
- (preceded by definite article) A feeling of fear or horror.
- I get the creeps walking down that street, even in broad daylight.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:As for Leo, he did not altogether like it either, but ran his fingers through his yellow curls, and remarked that it gave him the creeps.
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creeps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of creep
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