creeping

verbnounattested in dialogue

//ˈkɹiːpɪŋ//

The act of something that creeps.

verb

1
Also a form of creeppresent participle and gerund of creep
Then, in January, a creeping tsunami of train cancellations, triggered by major staff absences as a result of the aggressive transmissibility of Omicron, heaped further misery on rail users.

Etymology

From Middle English crepynge, crepinde, crepende, crepande, from Old English crēopende, from Proto-Germanic *kreupandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to creep, crawl”), equivalent to creep + -ing.

noun

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The act of something that creeps.
It is indubitably certain, therefore, that he is able to attend, and actually attends, to all things at the same moment; to the motions of a seed, or a leaf, or an atom; to the creepings of a worm, the flutterings of an insect, and the journeys of a mite […]

Etymology

From Middle English creping, crepynge, from Old English crēopung, equivalent to creep + -ing.

Forms

plural: creepings

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creeping · The act of something that creeps.

creeps · A sensation that objects are crawling on one's skin.creepy · Moving by creeping along.cremation · A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the…

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