Creeks

Variant of creek

creek definition

creek (krēk, krik)

noun

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

Etymology: 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

creek Idioms

up the creek

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Slang in trouble

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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