Bayou Definition

bīo͝o, bīō
noun
A body of water, such as a creek or small river, that is a tributary of a larger body of water.
American Heritage
In some parts of the S U.S., a sluggish, marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, etc.
Webster's New World
A sluggish stream that meanders through lowlands, marshes, or plantation grounds.
American Heritage
A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.
Wiktionary

A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

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Other Word Forms of Bayou

Noun

Singular:
bayou
Plural:
bayous

Origin of Bayou

  • Louisiana French bayouque, bayou possibly from Choctaw bayuk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Cajun French bayou, from Choctaw bayuk (“creek”).

    From Wiktionary

Bayou Sentence Examples

  • Every bayou contains alligators; and reptiles of various species, such as turtles, lizards, horned toads, rattlesnakes and moccasins are abundant.

  • It has been so useful in relieving the Mississippi of floods, that the Red river may possibly be permanently diverted again into the bayou artificially.

  • In Houston, there 's a huge Victorian storm sewer that empties into Buffalo Bayou.

  • The wild goose is more of a cosmopolite than we; he breaks his fast in Canada, takes a luncheon in the Ohio, and plumes himself for the night in a southern bayou.

  • To really test your love of bayou country, try the fried alligator or alligator soup.

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