outcreep
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English outcrepen, equivalent to out- + creep.
Verb
outcreep (third-person singular simple present outcreeps, present participle outcreeping, simple past and past participle outcrept)
- (intransitive) To creep or crawl out.
- 1952, Thomas Hardy, Collected poems, page 696:
- The poachers, with swingels, and matches of brimstone, outcreep
To steal upon pheasants and drowse them a-perch and asleep.
- (transitive) To exceed in creeping; creep faster than
- 2009, Bethany Campbell, Whose Little Girl are You?:
- " […] Is that how he thinks you beat an avalanche of rock? You outcreep it?"
Verb
outcreep (third-person singular simple present outcreeps, present participle outcreeping, simple past and past participle outcreeped)
- (transitive, informal) To surpass in creeping someone out.
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