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creepy-crawly

creep·y-crawl·y
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kree-pee kraw-lee]
    • /ˈkri pi ˈkrɔ li/
    • /ˈkriː.pi ˈkrɔːlɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kree-pee kraw-lee]
    • /ˈkri pi ˈkrɔ li/

Definitions of creepy-crawly word

  • countable noun creepy-crawly You can refer to insects as creepy-crawlies when they give you a feeling of fear or disgust. This word is mainly used by children. 3
  • noun creepy-crawly a small crawling creature 3
  • adjective creepy-crawly feeling or causing a sensation as of creatures crawling on one's skin 3
  • noun creepy-crawly something, as a crawling insect or spider, regarded as frightening and repugnant 3
  • noun plural creepy-crawly a creeping or crawling animal, especially an insect. 1
  • adjective creepy-crawly creepy (def 1). 1
See all 9 definitions of creepy-crawly

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Origin of creepy-crawly

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; See origin at creep, crawl1, -y1

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Parts of speech for Creepy-crawly

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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creepy-crawly popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for creepy-crawly

noun creepy-crawly

  • grub — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
  • insect — any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
  • larva — Entomology. the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect that undergoes complete metamorphosis.
  • millipede — any terrestrial arthropod of the class Diplopoda, having a cylindrical body composed of 20 to more than 100 segments, each with two pairs of legs.
All 4 Synonyms of creepy-crawly

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