creep·y-crawl·y

[kree-pee-kraw-lee] noun, plural creep·y-crawl·ies, adjective, creep·y-crawl·i·er, creep·y-crawl·i·est. Informal.
noun
1.
a creeping or crawling animal, especially an insect.
adjective
2.
creepy ( def 1 ).

Origin:
1855–60; see creep, crawl1, -y1

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creepy-crawly
 
n , pl -crawlies
1.  a small crawling creature
 
adj
2.  feeling or causing a sensation as of creatures crawling on one's skin

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Creepy-crawly is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Scientists may have uncovered why spiders are so creepy-crawly-they have more legs than they need, a new study says.
Scientists may have uncovered why spiders are so creepy-crawly-they have more legs than they actually need, a new study says.
Sufferers report creepy-crawly and stinging sensations under their skin and the emergence there of tiny threads or fibers.
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