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Definition of Creeping

1. Noun. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. "The traffic moved at a creep"

Definition of Creeping

1. a. Crawling, or moving close to the ground.

Definition of Creeping

1. Verb. (present participle of creep) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creeping

1. creep [v] - See also: creep

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creeping

Literary usage of Creeping

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's by Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)
"Cheering the sick at heart Toiling his busy part, — Silently creeping, ... Here I come creeping, creeping every- , where ; Yon cannot see me coming, ..."

2. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1874)
"HERE I come creeping, creeping everywhere ; By the dusty roadside, ... Here I come creeping, smiling everywhere ; All round the open door, Where sit the ..."

3. The Household Book of Poetry (1879)
"H«rt I come creeping, smiling every where ; All round the open door, ... Sere I come creeping, creeping every where ; h the noisy city street My pleasant ..."

4. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1872)
"HEBE I come creeping, creeping everywhere ; By the dusty roadside, ... Here I come creeping, smiling everywhere ; All round the open door, Where sit the ..."

5. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"This Society is not responsible, as a body, for the facts and opinions advanced In any of its publications. SOME NOTES ON THE creeping OF RAILS. Discussion. ..."

6. The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song: Selected from English and American by Charlotte Fiske Bates (1910)
"Here I come creeping, creeping everywhere ; In the noisy city street, My pleasant face you'll meet, Cheering the sick at heart Toiling his busy part ..."

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