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- [kreek, krik]
- /krik, krɪk/
- /kriːk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kreek, krik]
- /krik, krɪk/
Definitions of creek word
- countable noun creek A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. 3
- countable noun creek A creek is a small stream or river. 3
- noun creek a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea 3
- noun creek a small stream or tributary 3
- noun creek a member of a confederacy of Native American peoples formerly living in Georgia and Alabama, now chiefly in Oklahoma 3
- noun creek any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Muskhogean family 3
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Origin of creek
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English creke, variant of crike < Old Norse kriki bend, crook
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Creek
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
creek popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
creek usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for creek
noun creek
- rill — any of certain long, narrow, straight or sinuous trenches or valleys observed on the surface of the moon.
- run — execution
- tributary — a stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water.
- ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- brook — to bear; tolerate
adjective creek
- freshwater — of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish.
- lake — Simon, 1866–1945, U.S. engineer and naval architect.