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Creek  (krk)

n. pl. Creek or Creeks In all senses also called Muskogee¹.

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.

b. A member of this people.

c. The Muskogean language of the Creek.

2.

a. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.

b. A member of this confederacy.

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[From the picturesque creeks near which they lived.]

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creek  (krk, krk)

n.

1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook¹, kill², run.

2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.

3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.

Idiom:

up the creek (without a paddle) Informal

In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.

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[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]

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creek

Noun

1. a narrow inlet or bay

2. US, Canad, Austral & NZ a small stream or tributary

3. up the creek Slang in a difficult position [Old Norse kriki nook]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	creek - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer" brook brooklet - a small brook stream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
	2.	Creek - any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma American Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

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creek

noun 1. inlet, bay, cove, bight, firth or frith Scot.

noun 2. U.S., Canad., Austral., N.Z. stream, brook, tributary, bayou, rivulet, watercourse, streamlet, runnel

Translations

creek [kriːk] n → cala, ensenada;

(US) → riachuelo

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creek [kriːk] n (= inlet) → crique f, anse f;

(US) (= stream); ruisseau m, petit cours d'eau

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creek [kriːk] n → (kleine) Bucht f;

(US) (stream) → Bach m;

to be up the creek (inf) → in der Tinte sitzen

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creek [kriːk] n → insenatura;

(US) → piccolo fiume m

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creek

n creek [kriːk]

1 a small inlet, especially off a river. inham, baaitjie خَليج صغير заливче zátoka bugt; vig; indskæring kleiner Wasserlauf κολπίσκος cala, ensenada jõesopp شاخابه؛ خور poukama anse מִפרַץ קָטַן संकरी खाड़ी, निवेशिका potok kis öböl anak sungai vík, vogur insenatura 入り江 수로 užtakis (neliels) līcis suar inham vik odnoga rzeki enseada golf устье реки zátoka zalivček zaton liten vik (bukt), flodarm ทางน้ำแคบ ๆ haliç, koy 小灣, бухта کهاڑی vịnh; lạch 小湾,

2 (American) a small river. spruitjie جَدول приток potok vandløb; bæk; biflod das Flüßchen ποταμάκι riachuelo oja نهر puro ruisseau פֶּלֶג छोटी नदी या सोता rječica csermely sungai kecil lækur (corso d'acqua piccolo) 小川 작은 만, 후미 upelis upīte anak sungai kecik beek bekk strumień riacho pârâu небольшая река potok rečica potok å, bäck ลำธาร çay, dere 小河 струмок, ручай ندى، دريا كى شاخ con sông nhỏ 小河