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creepy-crawly

[ kree-pee-kraw-lee ]

noun

, plural creep·y-crawl·ies.
  1. a creeping or crawling animal, especially an insect.


adjective

, creep·y-crawl·i·er, creep·y-crawl·i·est.

creepy-crawly

noun

  1. a small crawling creature
“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

adjective

  1. feeling or causing a sensation as of creatures crawling on one's skin
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of creepy-crawly1

First recorded in 1855–60; creep, crawl 1, -y 1
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Example Sentences

Then there was the playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, a winner for “Appropriate,” rocking a cicada brooch tie, a nod to one of the production’s creepy-crawly motifs.

She also participated in his “creepy-crawly” raids, which entailed breaking into mansions in Beverly Hills and Bel-Air while the residents were asleep, then rearranging and pilfering their possessions.

Another creepy-crawly music moment is when M3GAN sings an original song, written by Willis and Johnstone, called “Tell Me Your Dreams.”

Finally, Trey manages to trap the creepy-crawly under a glass jar, and Smith shrieks while sliding a piece of paper between the eight-legged creature and the hardwood floor.

“We applied this effect called UV Crawl, which is a texture movement along the vines of Vecna’s body to give it this eerie sense of creepy-crawly vine movement,” says Maher.

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