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creek

23 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. creek (noun)
  2. Creek (noun)
  3. creek broadbill (noun)
  4. creek chub (noun)
  5. Creek Confederacy (noun)
  6. creek duck (noun)
  7. creek fern (noun)
  8. creek grass (noun)
  9. creek gum (noun)
  10. creek nettle (noun)
  11. creek sedge (noun)
  12. creek thatch (noun)
  13. fly-up-the-creek (noun)
  14. Galise Creek Indian (noun)
  15. Antietam Creek (geographical name)
  16. Battle Creek (geographical name)
  17. Coconut Creek (geographical name)
  18. Goose Creek (geographical name)
  19. Oak Creek (geographical name)
  20. Spuyten Duyvil Creek (geographical name)
  21. Walnut Creek (geographical name)
  22. Warburton Creek (geographical name)
  23. Wissahickon Creek (geographical name)

creek

noun \ˈkrēk, ˈkrik\

Definition of CREEK

1
chiefly British : a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove
2
: a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
3
archaic : a narrow or winding passage
— up the creek
: in a difficult or perplexing situation
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Examples of CREEK

  1. The children waded in the creek.
  2. The coast is dotted with tiny creeks.

Origin of CREEK

Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend
First Known Use: 13th century

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Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with CREEK

beak, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, Creek, eke, flic, freak, geek, gleek, Greek, keek, leak, leek, meek, peak, peek, peke, pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, teak, tweak, weak, week

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