creeper

Definitions

1. 1noun

   One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

2. 2noun

   A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

3. 3noun

   A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.

4. 4noun

   A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.

5. 5noun

   A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.

6. 6noun

   A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

7. 7noun

   An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.

8. 8noun

   Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

9. 9noun

   Crockets. See Crocket.

10. 10noun

    any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet

11. 11noun

    a person who crawls or creeps along the ground

    Synonyms

    crawler
12. 12noun

    any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping