crept

[ krept ]

/ krɛpt /

Save This Word!

verb

simple past tense and past participle of creep.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.

Question 1 of 7

“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH crept

crap, crape, crepe, crêpe, crept

Words nearby crept

crepitate, crepitation, crepitus, crepon, creps, crept, crepuscular, crepuscular ray, crepuscule, crepy, cres.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022

How to use crept in a sentence

This was music that had to be crept up on, music to be learned from the ground up.
Digging the Gold in Dylan’s ‘Basement’|Malcolm Jones|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It just crept up on me that the grace period is over,” Mulaney says about his subway-chase revelation that he was getting older.
Is John Mulaney the Next Seinfeld?|Kevin Fallon|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At one point, my friends and I crept to my car with four giant kitchen knives in hand.
Sororities Finally Take Back the Night|Kelsey Meany|September 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As dawned crept over the eastern hills, Taita Morales and the other shamans called us inside.
Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans|Chris Allbritton|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the 60s, the top crept up, revealing the naval for the first time.
Is the Facekini the Future of Beachwear?|Justin Jones|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Drowned every few seconds by our tremendous salvoes, this more nervous noise crept back insistently into our ears in the interval.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
All felt strangely as if something evil had crept into their lives, and their excitement was great.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
A sense of inferiority crept over him, as on the first day of his arrival at Alexandria.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The leaves were motionless, the river crept past without a murmur, the dark hills rose out of the distant desert like a wave.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Finally, his predicament became so awkward that an expression of distress crept into his face.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux

British Dictionary definitions for crept

crept

/ (krɛpt) /

verb

the past tense and past participle of creep

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

crept

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH crept

Words nearby crept

Words related to crept

How to use crept in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for crept