The Clue
Heebie-jeebies (6 letter answer)
The Answer
CREEPS
Tags
Notes
The answer CREEPS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
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Definition
CREEPS as a noun:
1. a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait
2. a feeling of fear and revulsion; "he gives me the creeps"
CREEP as a noun:
1. (creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook) = someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
2. a slow longitudinal movement or deformation
3. a pen that is fenced so that young animals can enter but adults cannot
4. (crawl, crawling, creep, creeping) = a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
CREEP as a verb:
1. (crawl, creep) = move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
2. (sneak, mouse, creep, pussyfoot) = to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house"
3. (grow over, creep) = grow in such a way as to cover (a building); "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings"
4. (fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel) = show submission or fear