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creepy crawler

creepy crawler noun: synonym of creepy-crawly.

Noun

creepy crawler (plural creepy crawlers)

  1. (informal) Synonym of creepy-crawly.
    • Lily: I couldn't just abandon my friends to this creepy crawler!1999, Mona the Vampire, "The Dreaded Human Spider" (season 1, episode 5a)
    • I'd never been afraid of creepy crawlers before, ...2007, Linda Ladd, Dark Places, Pinnacle Books, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    creepy-crawly

Examples of creepy crawler in a sentence

  • They happen to be those creepy crawlers.2008, Debi Toporoff, When God Came Down, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 33:
  • It is filled with ghosts, trolls, evil wizards and witches, pirates living in the murky waters, and terrible traps and poisonous creepy crawlers everywhere.2009, Grace Templeton, Katherine's Quest, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
  • When he opened the front door, there were several of these creepy crawlers exploring our entry way.2011, Patricia Monasmith, Unearthed: Digging the Jewels of Sobriety from the Trenches of Addiction, iUniverse, →ISBN:
  • Besides angels and demons type creatures, he especially had an obsession with creepy crawlers and all those insects that would make anybody run away in a really crazed fashion.2012, A. Rodriguez, Johnny the Eternal: A Dawn in Darkness, iUniverse, →ISBN:

Synonyms of creepy crawler

Forms of creepy crawler

pluralcreepy crawlers

Origin of creepy crawler

From creepy-crawly + -er.

Questions about creepy crawler

What does creepy crawler mean?
Creepy crawler means synonym of creepy-crawly.
How do you use creepy crawler in a sentence?
They happen to be those creepy crawlers.
What part of speech is creepy crawler?
Creepy crawler is a noun.
What is the plural of creepy crawler?
The plural of creepy crawler is creepy crawlers.

Words near creepy crawler in the dictionary

  1. creepsome
  2. creeptacular
  3. creeptastic
  4. creepware
  5. creepy
  6. creepy crawler
  7. creepy crawlers
  8. creepy crawlies
  9. creepy crawly
  10. creepy stool
  11. creepy stools

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