different between creeper vs oman

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?ip?/
• Rhymes: -i?p?(r)

Noun

creeper (plural creepers)

1. A person or a thing that crawls or creeps.
2. (video games) A mottled black-and-green enemy in the video game Minecraft, which attacks the player by chasing them and exploding.

3. (often in the plural) A one-piece garment for infants designed to facilitate access to the wearer's diaper.
4. A device which allows a small child to safely roam around a room from a seated or standing position.
5. A metal plate with spikes, designed to be worn with shoes to prevent slipping.
6. A spur-like device strapped to the boot to facilitate climbing.
7. (chiefly in the plural) A small low iron, or dog, between the andirons.
8. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dredging up items from a well or other water.
9. 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.
10. 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.

11. A treecreeper.
12. (nautical) A small four-hooked grapnel used to recover objects dropped onto the sea bed.
13. The lowest gear of a tractor or truck.

    Synonyms: creeper gear, creeper shift

14. A low-profile wheeled platform whereupon an auto mechanic may lie on their back and gain better access to the underbody of a vehicle.
15. (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.

16. A kind of shoe, usually with a suede upper and a thick crepe sole, associated with various 20th-century subcultures.
17. (cricket) A ball that travels low, near ground level.
    • 2009, Steven Lynch, Wisden on the Ashes (page 292)

      May joined Hutton and proceeded to play masterly cricket in which the straight-drive predominated. There was always the possibility that he might be trapped by a creeper, but May watched the ball intently.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• (shoe): brothel creeper

Translations

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Noun

oman m (definite singular omani)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Czech

Alternative forms

• woman, voman (obsolete)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?oman]

Noun

oman m

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Derived terms

• omanový
• oman pravý (“Inula helenium (elecampane)”)

Further reading

• oman in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• oman in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?om?n/, [?o?m?n]
• Rhymes: -om?n
• Syllabification: o?man

Adjective

oman

1. Genitive singular form of oma.

Anagrams

• moan

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.man/
• Homophone: Oman

Noun

oman m inan

1. any of several flowering plants of the genus Inula, including elecampane and yellowheads

Declension

Derived terms

• omanowy
• oman wielki (“Inula helenium (elecampane)”)

Further reading

• Oman on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pl
• oman in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Noun

omán m (plural omani)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?man/

Noun

òman m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)
2. the related and similar Telekia speciosa syn. Telekia cordifolia

Declension

Derived terms

• vèlik? òman, pr?v? òman (“Inula helenium”)

Synonyms

• ànduz

Further reading

• “oman” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
• Oman (biljni rod) on the Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^hr
• ???? (?????) on the Serbian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sr

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?oman]

Noun

oman m (genitive singular omanu, nominative plural omany, genitive plural omanov, declension pattern of dub)

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Declension

Derived terms

• omanový
• oman pravý (“Inula helenium (elecampane)”)
• oman briský (“Inula britannica, now Pentanema britannicum”)
• oman hnidák, oman hnidákový, oman hnidákovitý (“Inula conyzae, now Pentanema conyzae”)
• oman nemecký (“Inula germanica, now Pentanema germanicum”)
• oman srstnatý (“Inula hirta”)
• oman hodvábny (“Inula oculus-christi”)
• oman v?bolistý (“Inula salicina (Irish fleabane)”)
• oman diviznolistý (“Inula verbascifolia”)
• oman p?ímo?ský (“Inula crithmoides (golden samphire, now Limbarda crithmoides)”)
• oman me?olistý (“Inula ensifolia, now Pentanema ensifolium”)

Further reading

• oman in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *oman?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ó?man/

Noun

??man m inan

1. inula, elecampane (Inula spp., especially Inula helenium)

Inflection

Derived terms

• veliki ??man (“Inula helenium”)

Further reading

• “oman”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English woman.

Noun

oman

1. wife
2. a married woman