creek
41creek — noun (AmE) small stream ADJECTIVE ▪ tidal ▪ little, small VERB + CREEK ▪ cross CREEK + NOUN ▪ b …
42creek — [13] Now firmly associated with watercourse, the original connotations of creek seem to have been of ‘narrow and secluded bendiness’. It appears to have been borrowed from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’, which some have speculated may be related to Old… …
43creek — See: up the creek or up the creek without a paddle …
44Creek — [kri:k] noun (plural same) 1》 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the south eastern US in the 16th to 19th centuries. 2》 the Muskogean language spoken by the Creek. Origin from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of …
45creek — [13] Now firmly associated with watercourse, the original connotations of creek seem to have been of ‘narrow and secluded bendiness’. It appears to have been borrowed from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’, which some have speculated may be related to Old… …
46Creek — Creeks Creeks (kr[=e]ks), n. pl.; sing. {Creek}. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. [1913… …
47creek — 1) a small fast flowing stream. A creek is smaller than a river and larger than a brook, but actual dimensions are relative according to locality and usage varies. Often pronounced crik in North America 2) or a small bay or inlet of the sea …
48creek — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stream, brook. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stream, spring, brook; see river 1 . • up the creek*, Syn. in difficulty, desperate, in a bind*; see in trouble 1 at trouble , troubled 1 ,… …
49creek — sb. [krike] == creek of the sea. HD. 708. AS. creeca …
50creek n — After a long, tiring hike through the wilderness, sleeping in a creek bed, I was happy to get back home to my creaky bed …
