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outcreep en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English outcrepen, equivalent to out- + creep.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To creep or crawl out.
   • The poachers, with swingels, and matches of brimstone, outcreep To steal upon pheasants and drowse them a-perch and asleep. 1952, Thomas Hardy, Collected poems, page 696:
2. (transitive) To exceed in creeping; creep faster than
   • "[…] Is that how he thinks you beat an avalanche of rock? You outcreep it?" 2009, Bethany Campbell, Whose Little Girl are You?:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outcreeping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outcreeps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
outcrept	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outcrept	Tense=Past		lexicographic

outcreep en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From out- + creep (“to be creepy; make uncomfortable”).

Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To surpass in creeping someone out.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
outcreeped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outcreeped	Tense=Past		lexicographic
outcreeping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
outcreeps	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic