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creeper

creeper

3 8.1
A green hostile creature in Minecraft that moves quietly and explodes near players
  • noun
  • /ˈkriːpər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : creeper (criatura de Minecraft)
  • It's need to find cover ASAP or the creepers are going to get us.
  • Minecraft creeper

So first we are going to decorate our green pops to look like the creeper face.

Examples

  • It might have been the creeper running through the darkness that did it.

  • - Whoa, okay, creeper alert.

  • LIAM: It was a creeper.

  • Minecraft's most iconic enemy, the Creeper, is also headed to the mobile version of the game in this next update.

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  • Minecraft iOS is getting chests, creepers, beds, and more.

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  • My Creeper toy here (just one of my rewards for helping to fund the Minecraft film) would like to offer a succinct rebuttal.

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  • Tomorrow, I am making Minecraft creeper t-shirts for a birthday party later this week, and if I am really ambitious, I will start on the lined drapes for the living room before it gets much colder.

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  • Watch out for the creeper; it silently approaches before exploding.

  • As I turned the corner, I was startled by the sight of a creeper getting ready to attack.

  • In Minecraft, a creeper can destroy your carefully built structures if you aren't careful.

Compounds

1 5.4

A climbing plant with five leaflets on each stem and dark berries

brown creeper
  • Specialized
8.1

A small North American songbird with a curved beak that climbs tree trunks to find insects

A climbing plant with bright yellow flowers that decorates gardens

emerald creeper
  • Philippine
9.9

A strong evergreen climbing plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers

A small North American bird with a thin curved bill that climbs tree trunks to find insects

A small brown bird that climbs tree trunks to find insects

A vine from Costa Rica with large purple-blue flowers and hook-shaped spines

A small bird that climbs tree trunks using its stiff tail to find insects

A climbing plant with large red flowers shaped like a trumpet often grown in gardens

9.9

A small red and grey bird that lives on walls and cliffs

Surface Forms

creeper singular
creepers plural

Morphology

creeper = creep (semi-transparent) = creep + er

Formed from 'creep' + '-er' and thus suggests a creature that creeps, but the Minecraft creature's explosive, hostile behaviour is not predictable from the components alone.

Etymology

Creeper in the game takes its name from the verb creep, 'to move slowly and quietly', because the creature sneaks up on players before exploding, so the name warns of its silent approach and danger.