creeper

Definitions

• A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
• (often) 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.
• (chiefly) 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.
• (nautical) 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.
• (pejorative) A person who creep someone 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.
• (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.