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creep [kri:p](preterite, past participle crept)[animal, person, plant] ramper ; ( = move silently) se glisser• to creep in/out/away entrer/sortir/s'éloigner à pas de loup2. noun* * *[kriːp] 1.noun (colloq)1) GB ( flatterer) lèche-bottes (colloq) mf inv2) ( repellent person) raclure (colloq) f2.intransitive verb (prét, pp crept)1) ( furtively)to creep in/out — entrer/sortir à pas de loup
2) ( slowly)to creep forward ou along — [vehicle] avancer lentement; [insect, cat] ramper
3) [plant] ( horizontally) ramper; ( climb) grimper•Phrasal Verbs:- creep in- creep up••to give somebody the creeps — (colloq) donner la chair de poule à quelqu'un (colloq)
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['flætə]1) (to praise too much or insincerely: Flatter him by complimenting him on his singing.) flatter2) (to show, describe etc someone or something as being better than someone etc really is: The photograph flatters him.) flatter3) (to be pleased to say about (oneself) (that one can do something): I flatter myself that I can speak French perfectly.) se flatter (de)•- flattery -
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A n ○1 ( furtively) to creep in/out entrer/sortir à pas de loup ; to creep behind/under sth se glisser derrière/sous qch ;2 fig a threatening tone had crept into his voice petit à petit il avait pris un ton menaçant ; a blush crept over her face le rouge lui est monté au visage ;4 [insect] grimper ; [cat] ramper ;6 ○ GB faire du lèche-bottes ○ (to sb à qn).to give sb the creeps ○ donner la chair de poule à qn ○.■ creep in1 [wrong note, error, influence] se glisser ;2 [feeling, prejudice] intervenir.■ creep over:▶ creep over [sb] [feeling] gagner.▶ creep through [sb] s'insinuer en ;▶ creep through [sth] s'insinuer dans.■ creep up:▶ creep up [inflation, debt, unemployment] grimper ; to creep up on sb lit s'approcher de qn à pas de loup ; fig prendre qn par surprise.
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Flatterer — Flat ter*er, n. One who flatters. [1913 Webster] The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. Addison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Flatterer — (Flattertiere), Ordnung der Säugetiere, soviel wie Handflügler (s.d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
flatterer — (n.) mid 14c., agent noun from FLATTER (Cf. flatter). Fem. form flatteress is attested from late 14c. 18c … Etymology dictionary
flatterer — [n] complimenter apple polisher*, backscratcher, booster, bootlicker*, brownnose*, cajoler, charmer, fawner, flunkey, lackey, puffer*, sweet talker*, sycophant, teacher’s pet, toady, yes person*; concepts 59,69 … New thesaurus
Flatterer — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Flatterer >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 flatterer flatterer adulator Sgm: N 1 eu logist eu logist eu phemist Sgm: N 1 optimist optimist encomiast laudator whitewasher GRP: N 2 Sgm … English dictionary for students
flatterer — UK [ˈflætərə(r)] / US [ˈflætərər] noun [countable] Word forms flatterer : singular flatterer plural flatterers someone who praises another person in order to get what they want The president was surrounded by careerists and flatterers … English dictionary
flatterer — In Shakespeare this is usually applied to one who uses false flattery, and is to be despised for it. Antony uses ‘you flatterers’ to Brutus and his men in Julius Caesar (5:i), and it is clearly insulting. Modern usage of the term tends to be… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
flatterer — flatter ► VERB 1) praise or compliment insincerely, especially to further one s own interests. 2) (usu. be flattered) cause to feel honoured and pleased. 3) (flatter oneself) believe something favourable about oneself, especially something… … English terms dictionary
Flatterer, der — Der Flatterer, des s, plur. ut nom. sing. ein unbeständiger, flatterhafter Mensch. Getreu soll ich o Chloe seyn? Ich Flatterer getreu? Gleim … Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart
flatterer — noun see flatter I … New Collegiate Dictionary
flatterer — See flatter1. * * * … Universalium