🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기어가다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gieogada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Creep/kriːp/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"고양이가 조용히 기어가기 시작했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To move slowly, quietly, and carefully, usually in order to avoid being noticed.

    "The cat managed to creep up on the unsuspecting bird."
As noun
  1. 1

    An annoying or unpleasant person, especially one who makes you feel uncomfortable.

    "He acted so strangely at the party that everyone thought he was a total creep."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'crēopan', meaning to crawl or creep, of Germanic origin. It shares roots with Old Norse 'krjúpa' and Middle High German 'kriufen', retaining its core physical sense of moving slowly and stealthily while developing metaphorical extensions over centuries.

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