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outcreeping

outcreeping is the present participle of outcreep.

Meaning of outcreep

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.

Questions about outcreeping

What is outcreeping the present participle of?
Outcreeping is the present participle of outcreep.

Words near outcreeping in the dictionary

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

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