creeper

creeper definitions

• A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper. 

• A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed. 

• Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen. 

• Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus. 

• The lowest gear of a tractor or truck. 

• A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons. 

• A person who creeps people out; a creepy person. 

• A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping. 

• An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water. 

• A person or a thing that crawls or creeps. 

• A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle. 

• A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures. 

• A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing. 

• A ball that travels low, near ground level. 

• A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position. 

• A treecreeper.