an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
1794, "characterizewd by creeping," from creep (v.). Meaning "having a creeping feeling in the flesh" is from 1831; that of producing such a feeling, the main modern sense, is from 1858. Creepy-crawly is from 1858.
mod. eerie; frightening. : I have this creepy feeling that someone is just this very moment reading something that I wrote.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
From creepy creatures to gorgeous alien worlds, science fiction movies have dazzled us all with amazing visuals over the years.
Here's the creepy part-the mechanism's been tested on cadavers, which are blinking away.
Sure, with the proper social filters, location awareness needn't be invasive orcreepy.
Also, setting up auto-responses is a bit creepy in my opinion.
Thousands of patients endure the creepy bloodsuckers each year after plastic or reconstructive surgery.
The better part of myself becomes eclipsed by the creepy stalker side.
And if the psycho wore a creepy mask or really bad haircut, all the better.
Depending on how you look at that reversal, it's either inspiring or creepy.
At first sight, the three-foot-deep hole looked a little creepy.
But honestly, sometimes you feel a little odd or creepy.