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creeps
[ kreeps ]
noun
(used with a singular verb)
- Veterinary Pathology. a disease of the bones in sheep and cattle that causes pain in walking, resulting from a deficiency of phosphorus in the diet.
creeps
/ ː /
plural noun
- the creeps informal.a feeling of fear, repulsion, disgust, etc
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After three or four days of self-deprivation, weakness creeps into fraying muscles; a few days after that come intensifying waves of headaches, abdominal cramps and dizziness.
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“It was 24 hours a day of worrying, trying to keep the creeps away. Fame and money in rock-and-roll — it’s all a very dangerous area to live in.”
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It’s a small show that creeps up on you, like a bizarre dream that’s hard to shake.
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"You try and push it out but it creeps back in."
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His mother Dian Clarke says she is "trying to stay positive", adding: "You hear about people going missing in the news and then it creeps up on you."
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