Creek - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |kriːk|  American pronunciation of the word creek
Brit.  |kriːk|  British pronunciation of the word creek

noun

- a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river) (syn: brook)
the creek dried up every summer
- any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

Extra examples

The children waded in the creek.

The coast is dotted with tiny creeks.

The streams feed the creek.

We built a wooden footbridge over the creek.

...we began to explore the hither bank while our companions crossed the creek to explore the yonder bank...

The creek overflows every spring.

The entrance to the creek had silted shut.

...a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream...

The creek is oozing its way through rocks and slime.

The new sniper's pozzy at the creek.

• If I don't get my passport by Friday, I'll be up the creek.

Word forms

noun
singular: creek
plural: creeks
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