Creep

v.

Heard in Mayo and Dublin

To take a brief, surreptitious look or to make a quick inspection of a location.

Take a creep up the lake and see if the water is calm enough for a boat.

Posh English

Do effect a furtive reconnaissance up the lake and ascertain whether the waters will bear a vessel.

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