Synonyms for creeper
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kree-per |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkri pər |
Définition of creeper
Origin :- Old English creopera "one who creeps," agent noun from creep (v.). Also see creep (n.). Meaning "lice" is from 1570s; of certain birds from 1660s; of certain plants from 1620s.
- noun runner
- The esquine partly resembles a creeper and partly a bramble.
- Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
- Much of Lewes in September is scarlet with Virginia creeper.
- Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas
- I happened to tell her the other day that the vine on the fence was a "creeper."
- Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
- As I did so my gun caught in a creeper, which suddenly whisked it from my hand.
- Extract from : « In the Wilds of Africa » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Lay it out in the bay,” said Will, “with a creeper at each end.
- Extract from : « Menhardoc » by George Manville Fenn
- I fancy, too, that we may have exaggerated the monotony of the creeper's lot.
- Extract from : « Birds in the Bush » by Bradford Torrey
- There are descriptions of the creeper's music which liken it to a wren's.
- Extract from : « Birds in the Bush » by Bradford Torrey
- So the toad got into a bucket he happened to possess, and fastened the bucket to the creeper.
- Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
- It was of bluish stone, and half covered with Virginia creeper.
- Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- And she fell on the ground, like a creeper broken by the wind.
- Extract from : « The Kath Sarit Sgara » by Somadeva Bhatta
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