To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
Used in a Sentence
crept
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for crept.
Editorial note
When the time crept past 55 minutes rounded up to 60 and passed to a time function that didn't like...
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Quick take
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crept gathered in one view.
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for crept.
verb
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
verb
To slip, or to become slightly displaced.
verb
To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl.
verb
To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.
Example sentences
When the time crept past 55 minutes rounded up to 60 and passed to a time function that didn't like...
We crept up to 10-12 people quickly and since it wasn't a formalized business structure at first this seemed ok.
I guess it is the same old fallacy that crept into some big software companies long time ago.
Because lawyers and insurance companies could make more money if fault were reintroduced to the system, and so fault crept back in.
Even with generous minimum wages, tip culture has crept into Western Europe pretty rapidly.
As the price crept up to $400, then $500 and probably more realistically $800-$1k I think Mr.
It's more like it's crept up and I've set a pretty hard limit on more rechargeable tech.
That's more the direction I'd rather go in over the passive friend-surveillance that has crept in.
Thanks for the kind words:) Thanks for the heads up about copy/paste, looks like a bug has crept in with regard to the this functionality.
It's funny how the future kind of crept up on us.
Over several years the monthly bill has crept up to $230-$250.
Because there was too much money to be made by lawyers and insurance companies if fault were reintroduced into the system, and it crept back in.
Quote examples
My AT&T Wireless bill had crept up to about $280 and that's with one line "grandfathered" onto their smartphone data block.
TempleOS would appear to be a computer from "before the fall" - ie, before error crept in, in the form of viruses and badly-behaved programs...
I was all, "Hahah, people were very silly in 2001, and the web was a very silly place." Then, as the years crept ever forward, I began to realize this isn't a blast from the past...it's not like a discussion about the blink tag.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use crept in a sentence?
When the time crept past 55 minutes rounded up to 60 and passed to a time function that didn't like...
What does crept mean?
To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or oneself.
What part of speech is crept?
crept is commonly used as verb.