creeperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹipɚ/
• 韻: -iːpə(ɹ)

名詞

creeper (複数形 creepers)

1. A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.

   Synonym: crawler

   • 1638 [1621], Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy‎^[1], page 71:

     Standing Waters […] are most unwholesome, putrified, and full of mites, creepers, slimy, muddy, uncleane, corrupt, impure, by reason of the Suns heat, and still standing;

   • 2020 May 7, Katie Rife, “If you’re looking to jump in your seat, make a playdate with Z”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[2]:

     With his presence marked by shots of children’s toys overlaid with ominous music, Z is more of a creeper than a reaper—until a shocking, sudden moment midway through the film.

2. (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.

   Synonyms: babygro, creepers, diaper shirt, infant bodysuit, snapsuit

3. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
4. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
5. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
6. (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
7. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
8. 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.
10. Any plant (as ivy または periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.

    Synonym: climber

    • 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

      Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

11. A treecreeper.
12. Strophitus undulatus, a freshwater mussel of the eastern United States.
13. (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
14. The lowest gear of a tractor or truck.

    Synonyms: creeper gear, creeper shift

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

    Synonym: cradle

16. (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.

    Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.

17. A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
18. (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
    • 2009, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes (page 292)

      May joined Hutton and proceeded to play masterly cricket in which the straight-drive predominated. There was always the possibility that he might be trapped by a creeper, but May watched the ball intently.

派生語

• (shoe): brothel creeper
• (plant): Virginia creeper