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outcreep

outcreep verb: to creep or crawl out.

Verb (1)

outcreep (third-person singular simple present outcreeps, present participle outcreeping, simple past and past participle outcrept)

  1. (intransitive) To creep or crawl out.
    • The poachers, with swingels, and matches of brimstone, outcreep
      To steal upon pheasants and drowse them a-perch and asleep.1952, Thomas Hardy, Collected poems, page 696
  2. (transitive) To exceed in creeping; creep faster than
    • "[…] Is that how he thinks you beat an avalanche of rock? You outcreep it?"2009, Bethany Campbell, Whose Little Girl are You?

Verb (2)

outcreep (third-person singular simple present outcreeps, present participle outcreeping, simple past and past participle outcreeped)

  1. (informal, transitive) To surpass in creeping someone out.

Forms of outcreep

third-person singular presentoutcreeps
present participleoutcreeping
past participleoutcrept
pastoutcrept
past participleoutcreeped
pastoutcreeped

Origin of outcreep

From Middle English outcrepen, equivalent to out- + creep.

From out- + creep (“to be creepy; make uncomfortable”).

Questions about outcreep

What does outcreep mean?
Outcreep means to creep or crawl out.
What part of speech is outcreep?
Outcreep is a verb.
What is the past tense of outcreep?
The past tense of outcreep is outcrept.

Words near outcreep in the dictionary

  1. outcrawls
  2. outcrazied
  3. outcrazies
  4. outcrazy
  5. outcrazying
  6. outcreep
  7. outcreeped
  8. outcreeping
  9. outcreeps
  10. outcrept
  11. outcried

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