creephole

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noun

A hole or retreat into which an animal can creep, to escape from view or danger.

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Meanings

nouncreephole (plural creepholes)

plural creepholes · alternative creep-hole

  1. A hole or retreat into which an animal can creep, to escape from view or danger.

    And soil'd his soft Down: Next him Creep-Hole spear'd

    1814, Edward Hovell-Thurlow, Moonlight, a Poem: with Several Copies of Verses
  2. figurativelyA subterfuge; an excuse.

    When every creephole from the hideous Court Is stopt

    1730, by Robert Browning, King Victor and King Charles

Origin

From creep + hole.

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APA

creephole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creephole

MLA

“creephole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creephole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “creephole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/creephole.

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