creeple

/ˈkɹiːpəl/

creeple is the obsolete form of cripple.

Meaning of cripple

cripple (countable and uncountable, plural cripples)

(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.
- He returned from war a cripple.
Synonyms:

disabled
(broadly, figuratively) A person who is severely impaired or deficient in some non-physical way.
- Many a one, who perhaps doesn't suspect it, is a moral cripple, or maybe a mental cripple.1906, Religious Telescope, volume 72, page 8
A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window.
(dialectal, uncountable, Southern US except Louisiana) Scrapple.
(among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream.

creeple (plural creeples)

(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A creeping creature; a reptile.
- There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age.1632, Thomas Morton, New English Canaan

plural	creeples

From creep + -le.

What does creeple mean?: Creeple means a creeping creature; a reptile.
What is creeple the obsolete form of?: Creeple is the obsolete form of cripple.
What part of speech is creeple?: Creeple is a noun.
How do you pronounce creeple?: Creeple is pronounced /ˈkɹiːpəl/.
What is the plural of creeple?: The plural of creeple is creeples.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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