different between weirdo vs creeper

English

Etymology

weird +? -o (“person with characteristic”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w??d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w???do?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)d??

Noun

weirdo (plural weirdoes or weirdos)

1. (slang) A strange, odd, eccentric person.
2. (slang) An insane, possibly dangerous person.

Synonyms

• (strange person): See Thesaurus:strange person
• (insane person): See Thesaurus:mad person

Derived terms

• queerdo

Translations

See also

• oddball
• wingnut
• rando
• sicko

Anagrams

• rowdie, wordie

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

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