creeper

From Middle English crepere, from Old English crēopere, equivalent to creep +‎ -er.
Slang usage derived from phrase give the creeps or creep out (distinct from merely one who creeps).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹipɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːpə(r)

creeper (plural creepers)

1. A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
   • 1638 [1621], Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy‎, page 71:

     Standing Waters […] are most unwholesome, putrified, and full of mites, creepers, slimy, muddy, uncleane, corrupt, impure, by reason of the Suns heat, and still standing;

2. Often in plural, a one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
3. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
4. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
5. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
6. (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
7. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, such as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.
9. Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping; especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.
   • 1964, William Golding, Lord of the Flies

     Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth.

10. A treecreeper.
11. (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
12. The lowest gear of a tractor or truck; also creeper gear, creeper shift.
13. A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
14. (derogatory, slang) A person who creeps people out; a creepy person.

    Don't go to a nightclub to find a boyfriend. They're all creepers there.

15. A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various twentieth-century subcultures.

• (one who crawls): crawler
• (garment): babygro, creepers, diaper shirt, infant bodysuit, snapsuit
• (climbing plant): climber
• (wheeled platform): cradle

• (shoe): brothel creeper