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Creepy-crawly

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Noun

1. creepy-crawly

an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)

Adjective

2. creepy, creepy-crawly

causing a sensation as of things crawling on your skin

Example Sentences:
'a creepy story'
'I had a creepy-crawly feeling'

creepy

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Creepy-crawly

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noun plural -crawlies

1.

a small crawling creature

adjective

2.

feeling or causing a sensation as of creatures crawling on one's skin

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Creepy-crawly

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nounWord forms: plural ˌcreepˈy-crawlies

Slang

something, as a crawling insect or spider, regarded as frightening and repugnant

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Creepy-crawly

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n.
Informal

1. One, such as a spider, insect, or worm, that crawls.

2. creepy-crawlies A sensation of fear, repugnance, or nervous agitation.

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