creeper

Meaning

A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
A mottled black-and-green enemy in the video game Minecraft, which attacks the player by chasing them and exploding.
A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
A treecreeper.
A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
The lowest gear of a tractor or truck.
A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.
A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
A ball that travels low, near ground level.

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep + -er.
Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).

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