Browsing page 123 of "C" words

verb - transitive

• to make someone feel uncomfortable.

                                                                                         
  
  Citation from "Mother Tucker", Modern Family (TV, 2010), Season 2 Episode 9 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Nov 28 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2010.

noun - uncountable

• n. the feeling of being repulsed or sickened by something creepy.

  That ugly person gives me the creeps.

  Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Patrick from Austin, TX, USA on Jun 18 1998.

noun

• a bug.

  Last edited on Aug 26 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• a repulsive insect. Attested from 1858.

  Last edited on Jul 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 26 2010.

noun - uncountable

• Archetypal object of creepiness. origins: Used in the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

  He's talking to himself. How much the creepy is that?

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 27 1998.

noun

• "cremated remains".

                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  
  Citation from "TRENTON: Police hoping to identify urn found at park", The News-Herald, Anne Sullivan, January 30 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Apr 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 03 2010.

notes

• The Cremation Association of North America explicitly prefers the expression "cremated remains" over "cremains".

  Last edited on Apr 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 03 2010.

interjection

• playful way of saying "crap".

  Oh crep, I'm late for class!

  Last edited on Apr 16 2011. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

noun

• tennis shoes.

  Did you step on my creps?

  Last edited on Apr 16 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Apr 16 2011.

• Shoes

  That boy had some nice creps!

  Got new creps they are so buff!

  Last edited on Dec 19 2014. Submitted by Georgina from Heights of Abraham, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire DE4 3, UK on May 24 2005.