Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CREEPING

ppr. Moving on the belly, or close to the surface of the earth or other body; moving slowly, secretly, or silently; moving insensibly; stealing along.

 

CREEPINGLY

adv. By creeping; slowly; in the manner of a reptile.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CREEPING

CREEPING Creep "ing, a.

 

1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing. " Gen. vi. 2 .

 

2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc. , by means of rootlets or tendrils. Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper. Ceeping crowfoot (Bot. ), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.- Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula ) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.

 

CREEPING CHARLIE

CREEPING CHARLIE Creep "ing Char "lie.

 

Defn: The stonecrop (Sedum acre ).

 

CREEPINGLY

CREEPINGLY Creep "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly. How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

creeping Charlie

creep ing Char lie ▶noun a creeping or trailing plant, in particular: • another term for moneywort. • another term for ground ivy.

 

creeping Jenny

creep ing Jen ny ▶noun another term for moneywort.

 

creeping Jesus

creep |ing Jesus ▶noun Brit. informal a person who is obsequious or hypocritically pious.

 

Oxford Dictionary

creeping Charlie

creep ing Char lie ▶noun a creeping or trailing plant, in particular: • another term for moneywort. • another term for ground ivy.

 

creeping Jenny

creep |ing Jenny ▶noun a trailing evergreen European plant with round glossy leaves and yellow flowers, growing in damp places and by water. Also called moneywort. ●Lysimachia nummularia, family Primulaceae.

 

creeping Jesus

creep |ing Jesus ▶noun Brit. informal a person who is obsequious or hypocritically pious.

 

creeping paralysis

creep |ing par |aly ¦sis ▶noun less technical term for locomotor ataxia.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

creeping

cr é ep ing 形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗(地面を )はう 〈ツタなど 〉; 忍び寄る 〈危険など 〉.～̀ J é sus ｟英俗 ｠こそこそするやつ, ひきょう者 .