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Definitions for Creek

[1] U.S. , Canada , and Australia . a stream smaller than a river.
[2] a stream or channel in a coastal marsh.
[3] Chiefly Atlantic States and British . a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea.
[4] an estuary.
[5] British Dialect . a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess.
[6] up the creek , Slang . in a predicament; in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation.
[7] a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.
[8] Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians.
[9] mainly British a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea
[10] US , Canadian , Australian and NZ a small stream or tributary
[11] up the creek slang in trouble; in a difficult position
[12] plural Creek or Creeks a member of a confederacy of Native American peoples formerly living in Georgia and Alabama, now chiefly in Oklahoma
[13] any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Muskhogean family

Words related to Creek

rill, run, tributary, ditch, brook, burn, rivulet, crick, race, watercourse, spring, river, runnel, brooklet, streamlet

Words nearby Creek

credulity, credulous, credé's method, cree, creed, creek, creek war, creel, creeley, creep, creep feeder

Origin of Creek

1200–50; Middle English creke, variant of crike < Old Norse kriki bend, crook

Words that may be confused with Creek

brook, creek, river, stream, creak, creek, croak

Other words from Creek

sub·creek , noun

Word origin for Creek

C13: from Old Norse kriki nook; related to Middle Dutch krēke creek, inlet

Synonyms for Creek

brook, brooklet, burn, crick, ditch, race, rill, river, rivulet, run, runnel, spring, streamlet, tributary, watercourse, rindle