ALL meanings of creek
creek
C c - 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
- noun creek 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 3
- noun creek the Muskogean language used as a lingua franca in the Creek Confederacy; Muskogee 3
- noun creek a narrow inlet or bay 3
- noun creek a small stream, somewhat larger than a brook 3
- noun creek a narrow or winding passage 3
- noun creek A stream, brook, or minor tributary of a river. 1
- noun creek stream 1
- noun creek inlet 1
- noun creek U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river. 1
- noun creek a stream or channel in a coastal marsh. 1
- noun creek Chiefly Atlantic States and British. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea. 1
- noun creek an estuary. 1
- noun creek British Dialect. a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess. 1
- idioms creek up the creek, Slang. in a predicament; in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation. 1
- noun plural creek a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia. 1
- noun plural creek Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians. 1
- noun creek (Britain) A (often saltwater) small inlet or bay, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats. 0
- noun creek (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook. 0
- noun creek Any turn or winding. 0