creeper

noun

Definition of creepernext
as in crawler

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Recent Examples of creeper The quayside, now planted with fast-maturing plane trees and creeper climbing the sandstone walls, is thronged on any sunny day with joggers, walkers and their dogs. — Marie Patino, Bloomberg, 20 Mar. 2026 With Tahiti as its inspiration, the Vanilla Sky (vanilla vodka, orgeat, pineapple, triple sec and lime) is a creeper. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026 To be clear, this is not about resurrecting mustache tattoos, making a case for platform creepers, or recreating your 2016 Pinterest board—although there is a little of that. — Erin Parker, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026 Most striking among them is the eldest son, dressed in a long velvet frock coat and a battered pair of brothel creepers. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for creeper
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  1. crawler
  2. snail
  3. straggler
Noun
  • There is also a late-summer timeframe when an insecticide can be applied to control the insect in its crawler stage.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
  • The rise of crawlers Search engines of the era confronted the scale problem with software.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of crawler
Noun
  • Alluding to the attack only in the title, Anedda notes a few events showing the effects, patterns and tasks of an illustrator, the men seeking martyrdom, as well as the earthworms, gnats and the snail working the soil.
    — Wallis Wilde-Menozzi, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Scientists rescued 34 endangered humped tree snails from Guam by collecting them in empty peanut butter jars ahead of a powerful typhoon.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of snail
Noun
  • Earnings season is winding down, but a few stragglers in the portfolio are still left to report this week.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
  • On the streets below, vendors are hawking bootleg merchandise as stragglers from the festivities color the sidewalks with blue-and-orange jerseys and hats.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of straggler

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