Meanings
verb
- obsoletepastsimple past of creep
Origin
- Old Englishcrēap“crept”
- Middle Englishcrope
- Englishcrope
From Middle English crope, from Old English crēap (“crept”), first and third person singular indicative of crēopan (“to creep”).
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Rhymes with crope
hopescopesoappoperopenopetaupelopopegropelopetopetropemisanthropeelopemopechopeagropeaslopededopeforlorn hopeinterlopeno-scope
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APA
crope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crope
MLA
“crope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crope. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crope,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crope.
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