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2 n [C]
informal especially AmE someone who you dislike extremely
::Get lost, you little creep!
BrE informal someone who tries to make you like them or do things for them by being insincerely nice to you
::Don't try and flatter her - she doesn't approve of creeps.
give sb the creeps
if a person or place gives you the creeps, they make you feel nervous and a little frightened, especially because they are strange
::That house gives me the creeps.
mission/cost/grade etc creep
when something gradually starts to go beyond what it was intended to deal with or include
::He denied that giving civilian tasks to the NATO forces was a case of mission creep.