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(v)
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
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(n)
The motion of something that crawls.
(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
(intransitive) To act timidly or cautiously.
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.
One who sneaks; one who moves stealthily to acquire an item or information.
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
(informal, chiefly derogatory) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
(informal) Someone or something weird.
(adj)
(informal) Somewhat weird, quite weird.
(informal) A scare or fright.
A young deer.
Any small rodent of the genus Mus.
grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for example)
A sudden, often uncontrolled movement, especially of the human body.
Of clothing, a place, etc.: unkempt and worn or otherwise in poor condition due to age or neglect; scruffy.
(chiefly Canada, US) Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
(colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
A lessening of performance or achievement.
(offensive, dated) A person with mental retardation.
(colloquial) Of low quality.
Literal senses:
The act of deforming, or state of being deformed.
(informal) Bad; poor.
(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons.
Pertaining to, due to, or causing deformation
(ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
(slang, derogatory) A dirty, grimy, sleazy, or disreputable person.
Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
(derogatory) An untrustworthy, despicable, or disreputable person, especially one suspected of being a criminal.
(slang) A pervert.
(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial, mildly vulgar) Of very poor quality; unpleasant; distasteful.
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
(often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
(transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.
(informal) Something or someone that is shorter than normal.
A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
(chiefly derogatory, slang) A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits.
Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.
Like a dork.
(sometimes vulgar, colloquial, derogatory) An annoying person or someone who is difficult to get along with.
(synecdochically, derogatory) A jerk; a mean or rude person.
(colloquial) Remarkably bad; of poor quality.
(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
(less common in the UK and Ireland) In poor health; ill.
Alternative spelling of dumbass. [(US, vulgar, slang, mildly derogatory) Stupid, foolish.]
(derogatory) A term of abuse.
Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion; exciting pathos.
Moving carefully, quietly, warily or stealthily, on or as if on the tips of one's toes.
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
(US, sometimes considered vulgar, slang, mildly derogatory) A stupid or foolish person.
(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
An insane person.
(informal, derogatory) A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
Very excited or enthusiastic.
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
(derogatory) A person of low general intelligence.
(figurative) A fanatic, a person with an obsession.
(chiefly derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person.
Very bad.
A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid mass or a multitude.
(colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man.
(slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.
(countable) One who engages in sexual intercourse, particularly:
Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
(informal, uncountable, sometimes slightly vulgar) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
(offensive, chiefly UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A contemptible and stupid person, idiot.
Of, related to, or suffering from psychosis.
Boring and unoriginal.
(transitive) To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
A movement to do something, a beginning.
(biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
(chiefly US) A foolish or stupid person.
(broadly) A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
(slang, derogatory) A person who is addicted to or regularly uses crack cocaine.
A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
A very evil person.
(chiefly US) Soil or earth.
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
A vote won by a wide or overwhelming majority.
To have anal sex with, sodomize.
(transitive) To give an intentionally low estimate of anything, not necessarily with deceptive intent.
(often derogatory) Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
A mongrel dog (or sometimes cat); an animal of mixed breed or uncertain origin.
(chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig.