creek
noun
- Now Chiefly Brit. a narrow inlet or bay
- ☆ a small stream, somewhat larger than a brook
- Obsolete a narrow or winding passage
noun
- pl. Creeks or Creek a member of a cultural and political grouping (the ) of North American Indian peoples, mainly Muskogean, formerly of Georgia and Alabama, now living in Oklahoma and Florida
- the Muskogean language used as a lingua franca in the Creek Confederacy; Muskogee
See creek in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(krēk, krĭk)
noun- A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run.
- A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
- Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.
(krēk)
noun pl. creek Creek or
Creeks In all senses also called
Muskogee1.
a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
b. A member of this people.
c. The Muskogean language of the Creek.
a. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.
b. A member of this confederacy.
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