English Online Dictionary. What means creek? What does creek mean?
English
Alternative forms
- crick (dialectal North American)
- crik (eye dialect)
Etymology
From Middle English creke, kreke, creake, of unclear origin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: krēk IPA(key): /kɹiːk/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɹik/, (Appalachia) /kɹɪk/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /kɹiːk/
- (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [kɹiːk], [kɹɪk]
- Rhymes: -iːk, -ɪk
- Homophones: creak, crick
Noun
creek (plural creeks)
- (British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.
- (British) The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.
- Hyponym: creeklet
- Any turn or winding.
Synonyms
- (non-British:) beck, brook, burn, stream
- (regional US terms:) run (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), brook (New England), branch (Southern US), bayou (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Southeastern Texas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: kriki
- Sranan Tongo: kriki
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ecker, Kerce