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creep out

creep out verb: to make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.

Verb

creep out (third-person singular simple present creeps out, present participle creeping out, simple past and past participle creeped out or (nonstandard) crept out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.
    • That janitor who's always talking about blood creeps me out.

Forms of creep out

third-person singular presentcreeps out
present participlecreeping out
past participlecreeped out
pastcreeped out
past participle (nonstandard)crept out
past (nonstandard)crept out

Origin of creep out

From creep + out (adverb). The past tense creeped out (instead of crept out) was possibly influenced by freaked out.

Questions about creep out

What does creep out mean?
Creep out means to make (someone) uncomfortable or afraid; to give (someone) the creeps.
What part of speech is creep out?
Creep out is a verb.
What is the past tense of creep out?
The past tense of creep out is creeped out.

Words near creep out in the dictionary

  1. creep
  2. creep in
  3. creep joint
  4. creep joints
  5. creep on
  6. creep out
  7. creep shot
  8. creep shots
  9. creep up
  10. creep up on
  11. creep-shame

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