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creek
1[ kreek, krik ]
noun
- U.S. and Canada. a stream smaller than a river.
- a stream or channel in a coastal marsh.
- Chiefly Atlantic States and British. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea.
- an estuary.
- British Dialect. a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess.
Creek
2[ kreek ]
noun
- a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.
- Also called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians.
Creek
1/ °ì°ù¾±Ë°ì /
noun
- CreekCreeks a member of a confederacy of Native American peoples formerly living in Georgia and Alabama, now chiefly in Oklahoma
- any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Muskhogean family
creek
2/ °ì°ù¾±Ë°ì /
noun
- a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea
- a small stream or tributary
- up the creek slang.in trouble; in a difficult position
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ³Ü²ú·³¦°ù±ð±ð°ì noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of creek1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of creek1
Idioms and Phrases
- up the / a creek (without a paddle), Informal. in a predicament; in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation:
The pension is so small, I'd be up the creek if I had no other income.
Don't ask me to navigate, or we'll be up a creek without a paddle in no time.
More idioms and phrases containing creek
see up a creek .Example Sentences
There’s one specific spot along the trail that has really good access to this free-flowing creek.
I miss the East Coast a lot — I miss shade and creeks.
“Our Mediterranean climate doesn’t allow for our rivers and streams, and the creeks that flow into them, to flow permanently,†Bothwell said.
After World War Two ended, the chemical was dumped near the creek and left uncovered, allowing waste to seep into the area.
A waterfall and swimmable creek nestled in a shady canyon is a Southern California unicorn.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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