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creephole

creephole noun: a hole or retreat into which an animal can creep, to escape from view or danger.

Noun

creephole (plural creepholes)

  1. A hole or retreat into which an animal can creep, to escape from view or danger.
    • And soil'd his soft Down: Next him Creep-Hole spear'd1814, Edward Hovell-Thurlow, Moonlight, a Poem: with Several Copies of Verses
  2. (figuratively) A subterfuge; an excuse.
    • When every creephole from the hideous Court
      Is stopt1730, by Robert Browning, King Victor and King Charles

Forms of creephole

pluralcreepholes
alternative formcreep-hole

Origin of creephole

From creep + hole.

Questions about creephole

What does creephole mean?
Creephole means a hole or retreat into which an animal can creep, to escape from view or danger.
What part of speech is creephole?
Creephole is a noun.
What is the plural of creephole?
The plural of creephole is creepholes.

Words near creephole in the dictionary

  1. creepers
  2. creepest
  3. creepeth
  4. creepfest
  5. creepfests
  6. creephole
  7. creepholes
  8. creepie
  9. creepie-peepie
  10. creepie-peepies
  11. creepier

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