Creek Definition

krēk, krĭk
creeks
noun
creeks
A small stream, somewhat larger than a brook.
Webster's New World
A channel or stream running through a salt marsh.
Tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.
American Heritage
A narrow inlet or bay.
Webster's New World
A narrow or winding passage.
Webster's New World
A member of a cultural and political grouping (the Creek Confederacy) of North American Indian peoples, mainly Muskogean, formerly of Georgia and Alabama, now living in Oklahoma and Florida.
Webster's New World
pronoun

The Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.
The chieftain was well versed in Creek history.
Wiktionary
idiom
up the creek (without a paddle)
  • In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.
American Heritage
up the creek
  • in trouble
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Creek

Noun

Singular:
creek
Plural:
creeks

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Origin of Creek

  • Middle English creke probably from Old Norse kriki bend

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

  • creke, from kryk, from Old Norse kriki.

    From Wiktionary

  • From the picturesque creeks near which they lived

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

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