creeping

Meanings

Verb

  • Present participle of creep

Noun

  • The act of something that creeps.

Origin

  • From Middle English crepynge, crepinde, crepende, crepande, from Old English crēopende, from Proto-Germanic *kreupandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, equivalent to creep + -ing.
  • From Middle English creping, crepynge, from Old English crēopung, equivalent to creep + -ing.

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