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creek

noun \ˈkrēk, ˈkrik\

: a small stream

Full Definition of CREEK

chiefly British : a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove

: a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river

archaic : a narrow or winding passage

— up the creek

: in a difficult or perplexing situation

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Origin of CREEK

Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to CREEK

Synonyms: beck [British], bourn (or bourne), brook, brooklet, burn [British], gill [British], rill, rivulet, run [chiefly Midland], runlet, runnel, streamlet

Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with CREEK

beak, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, Creek, eke, flic, freak, geek, gleek, Greek, keek, leak, leek, meek, peak, peek, peke, pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, teak, tweak, weak, week

Creek

noun \ˈkrēk\

Definition of CREEK

: an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida

: a member of any of the Creek peoples

: the Muskogean language of the Creek Indians

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First Known Use of CREEK

1725

Rhymes with CREEK

beak, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, creek, eke, flic, freak, geek, gleek, Greek, keek, leak, leek, meek, peak, peek, peke, pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, teak, tweak, weak, week

CREEK Defined for Kids

creek

noun \ˈkrēk, ˈkrik\

Definition of CREEK for Kids

: a stream of water usually larger than a brook and smaller than a river

Creek

noun \ˈkrēk\

Definition of CREEK for Kids

: a confederacy of American Indian people once occupying most of Alabama and Georgia

: the language of the Creek people

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