CREEP

v. 1 crawl, slither, inch, squirm, wriggle, wiggle A tiny lizard was creeping up the wall 2 crawl, drag The hours creep by slowly when you have nothing to do 3 steal, sneak; slink, skulk, tiptoe, Colloq pussyfoot The thief must have crept in through the kitchen window Someone is creeping about out there in the dark.