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The definition of a creek is a shallow stream of water.

(noun)

An example of a creek is a stream of water flowing down a mountain and into a river.

The definition of Creek are Native American people living in parts of Florida and Oklahoma.

(noun)

An example of Creek is a member of the Muscogean Nation.

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noun

Now Chiefly Brit. a narrow inlet or bay
☆ a small stream, somewhat larger than a brook
Obsolete a narrow or winding passage

Origin: ME (rare) creke (> mod. pronun. krēk), (common) crike (> pronun. krik) > ON kriki, a bend, winding, hence winding inlet, akin to OFris kreke, MDu creke: for IE base see cradle

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

Origin: shortened < earlier Ochese Creek Indians, 17th-c. name for the Indians of the upper Ocmulgee River, Georgia

See creek in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English creke

Origin: , probably from Old Norse kriki, bend

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.

Origin:

Origin: From the picturesque creeks near which they lived

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