| NOUN | state | creeps | a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency |
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| feeling | creeps | a feeling of fear and revulsion |
| Sounds | kriy'ps | |
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| Rhymes | heaps | |
| Meaning | A disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait. | |
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| Broader | animal disease | A disease that typically does not affect human beings |
| Meaning | A feeling of fear and revulsion. | |
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| Example | "he gives me the creeps" | |
| Broader | fear, fearfulness, fright | An emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
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