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creek
creeka small stream: A creek runs through the property.
Not to be confused with:creak – a squeaking or grating sound: The floorboards creak.Creek C0732100 (krēk)n. pl. Creek or Creeks 1. a. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.b. The Muskogean language of the Creek.2. a. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.b. A member of this confederacy. In all senses also called Muskogee1.
[From the picturesque creeks near which they lived.]
creek C0732100 (krēk, krĭk)n.1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run.2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.Idiom: up the creek (without a paddle) Informal In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.
[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]creek (kriːk) n1. (Physical Geography) chiefly Brit a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea2. (Physical Geography) US and Canadian and Austral and NZ a small stream or tributary3. up the creek slang in trouble; in a difficult position[C13: from Old Norse kriki nook; related to Middle Dutch krēke creek, inlet]
Creek (kriːk) npl Creek or Creeks1. (Peoples) a member of a confederacy of Native American peoples formerly living in Georgia and Alabama, now chiefly in Oklahoma2. (Languages) any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Muskhogean familycreek (krik, krɪk)
n. 1. a stream smaller than a river. 2. a stream or channel in a coastal marsh. 3. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea. 4. an estuary. Idioms: up the creek, Slang. in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation. [1200–50; Middle English creke, variant of crike < Old Norse kriki bend, crook] Creek (krik)
n., pl. Creeks, (esp. collectively) Creek. 1. a member of a loose confederacy of American Indian peoples that in the 18th century occupied the greater part of Georgia and Alabama: forcibly removed to the Indian Territory in 1834–37. 2. Muskogee (def. 1a). 3. the Muskogean language spoken by the Muskogee. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  creek - a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river); "the creek dried up every summer"brookbrooklet - a small brookstream, watercourse - a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth | | 2. | Creek - any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in OklahomaAmerican Indian, Indian, Red Indian - a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived |
creeknoun1. inlet, bay, cove, bight, firth or frith (Scot.) The offshore fishermen took shelter from the storm in a creek.2. (U.S., Canad., Austral., & N.Z.) stream, brook, tributary, bayou, rivulet, watercourse, streamlet, runnel Follow Austin Creek for a few miles.creeknounA small stream:brook.Chiefly Regional: branch, kill, run.Translationscreek (kriːk) noun1. a small inlet, especially off a river. 小灣(尤指河流的) 小湾2. (American) a small river. 小河，小溪 小河，小溪 creek
(the good) Lord willing and the creek don't riserural If all goes as it should; if everything goes well. We've had a lot of delays, but Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we should have the house finished before winter. A: "Do you reckon we'll have enough from this harvest to make ends meet?" B: "The good Lord willing and the creek don't rise."See also: and, creek, lord, rise, willingup shit's creek (without a paddle)rude slang In a challenging or daunting situation. I'm a single mother who just lost her job—I'm really up shit's creek right now. A: "I just found out that the school told my parents that I'm failing French." B: "Oh man, you're up shit's creek without a paddle."See also: creek, upup a/the creek (without a paddle)slang In a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up the creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up a creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.See also: creek, upup shit creek (without a paddle)rude slang In a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up shit creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up shit creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.See also: creek, shit, upGod willing and the creek don't riseIf all goes as it should; if everything goes well. We've had a lot of delays, but God willing and the creek don't rise, we should have the house finished before winter. A: "Do you reckon we'll have enough from this harvest to make ends meet?" B: "God willing and the creek don't rise."See also: and, creek, god, rise, willingbe up a/the creek (without a paddle)slang To be in a challenging or troublesome situation, especially one that cannot be easily resolved. I have no savings, so if I get fired from my job, I'll be up the creek without a paddle. Shouldn't we stop for gas? We'll be up a creek if the car dies on that desolate road ahead.See also: creek, upGod willing and the creek don't rise and Lord willing and the creek don't riseRur. If all goes well. Tom: Will you be able to get the house painted before the cold weather sets in? Jane: Yes, God willing and the creek don't rise. We'll be able to visit our daughter for Christmas, Lord willing and the creek don't rise.See also: and, creek, god, rise, willingup the creek (without a paddle) and up a creek; up shit creekInf. Fig. in an awkward position with no easy way out. I'm sort of up the creek and don't know what to do. You are up a creek! You got yourself into it, so get yourself out.See also: creek, upup a creekAlso, up shit creek; up the creek (without a paddle). In trouble, in a serious predicament, as in If the check doesn't arrive today I'm up a creek, or The car wouldn't start, so I was up the creek without a paddle. This slangy idiom conjures up the image of a stranded canoeist with no way of moving (paddling) the canoe. President Harry S. Truman used the first term in a letter in 1918. The first variant is considered vulgar. See also: creek, upup the creekAlso, up shit creek. See up a creek. See also: creek, upup the creek INFORMAL or up shit creek INFORMAL, VERY RUDEIf someone or something is up the creek or up shit creek, they are in a very difficult situation. The company's recent collapse has left their pension fund members up the creek. If we lose another player through injury we're basically up the creek. The economy's up shit creek and everyone's unemployed. Note: You can also use the full expression, up the creek without a paddle. Manufacturing really is up the creek without a paddle. He owes the bank a lot of money so he's up the creek without a paddle. Note: A creek is a narrow bay. The idea is of being in a boat such as a canoe without being able to control it. See also: creek, upbe up the creek without a paddle be in severe difficulty, usually with no means of extricating yourself from it. informal Often shortened to be up the creek , this expression is recorded in the mid 20th century as military slang for ‘lost’ (for example, while on a patrol).See also: creek, paddle, up, withoutup shit creek in an awkward predicament.See also: creek, shit, upup the ˈcreek (informal) (also up shit ˈcreek (without a ˈpaddle) taboo, slang) in great difficulty: Make sure you look after the money and passports — if they get stolen we’ll be right up the creek.See also: creek, upGod willing and the creek don’t rise and GWATCDR phr. & comp. abb. If we are lucky. I’ll be there, GWATCDR. See also: and, creek, god, rise, willingup shit creek (without a paddle) and up the creek (without a paddle) and up a creek mod. in an awkward position with no easy way out. (Usually objectionable.) There I was, at Disney World with only a measly $47.54. I was literally up the creek without a paddle. You are up a creek! You got yourself into it, so get yourself out. See also: creek, paddle, shit, up, withoutup the creek without a paddle verbSee up shit creek without a paddleSee also: creek, paddle, up, withoutup a creek verbSee up shit creek without a paddleSee also: creek, upup shit creek verbSee up shit creek without a paddleSee also: creek, shit, upup the creek verbSee up shit creek without a paddleSee also: creek, up up the creek (without a paddle) Informal In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.See also: creek, up up shit creek (without a paddle) In dire circumstances with no hope of help.See also: creek, shit, upup a/the creek (without a paddle)In deep trouble; in a tight spot. Also put more baldly as up shit creek, this expression is almost certainly of American vintage from the early twentieth century, but the exact origin has been lost. Joseph Heller used it in Catch-22 (1961): “You really are up the creek, Popinjay.”See also: creek, upCreek
Creek, Native North American confederacy. The peoples forming it were mostly of the Muskogean branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languagesNative American languages,
languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The Creek received their name from early white traders because so many of their villages were located at rivers and creeks. They lived primarily in Alabama and Georgia and were settled, agricultural people. There were more than 50 towns, generally called tribes, in the confederacy, which was formed chiefly for protection against the tribes to the north. Certain villages were set aside for war ceremonies, others for peace celebrations. Each had its annual green corn dance. This festival was a time for renewing social ties and was a period of amnesty for criminals, except murderers. The Creek Confederacy was not ruled by a permanent central government. The structure was a combination of democratic and communal principles. Decisions by the national council were not binding on towns or individuals who wished to dissent. Nevertheless, civil strife was almost unknown among them. Private ownership of land was unknown, but crops were privately owned to a degree. Each owner was required to contribute a certain portion for public use. The Creek impressed the first European explorers (Hernando De Soto saw them in 1540) by their height, their proud bearing, and their love of ornament. They were hostile to the Spanish and therefore friendly to the British in colonial days, but, frightened by white encroachment and fired by the teachings of the Shawnee chief TecumsehTecumseh
, 1768?–1813, chief of the Shawnee, b. probably in Clark co., Ohio. Among his people he became distinguished for his prowess in battle, but he opposed the practice of torturing prisoners.
..... Click the link for more information. , they rebelled in the Creek War of 1813–14. They massacred a large number of American settlers at Fort Mims, and Andrew Jackson won part of his reputation by defeating them at the battle of Horseshoe Bend. By a treaty signed in 1814 the Creek ceded approximately two thirds of their land to the United States, and subsequent cessions further reduced their holdings. Eventually they were moved to the Indian TerritoryIndian Territory,
in U.S. history, name applied to the country set aside for Native Americans by the Indian Intercourse Act (1834). In the 1820s, the federal government began moving the Five Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, and Chickasaw) of the Southeast to
..... Click the link for more information. , where they became one of the Five Civilized Tribes. A treaty signed by the confederacy in 1889 permitted white settlement of their lands, and there was great bitterness among the Creek. In 1990 there were over 45,000 Creek, most of them living in Oklahoma. Bibliography See J. R. Swanton, The Early History of the Creek Indians (1922) and Social Origins and Social Usages of the Indians of the Creek Confederacy (1928, repr. 1970); G. Foreman, The Five Civilized Tribes (new ed. 1953, repr. 1966); D. H. Corkran, The Creek Frontier, 1540–1783 (1967). Creek the name for seasonal or temporary streams in Australia. In the dry season many creeks split up into a number of separate ponds. creek[krēk] (hydrology) A natural stream of water, smaller than a river but larger than a brook. creek1. Chiefly Brit a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea 2. US, Canadian, Austral, and NZ a small stream or tributary Creek
CREEK, mar. law. Creeks are of two kinds, viz. creeks of the sea and creeks of ports. The former sorts are such little inlets of the sea whether within the precinct or extent of a, port or without, which are narrow little passages and have shore on either side of them. The latter, Viz. breaks of ports, are by a kind of civil denomination such. They are such, that though possibly for their extent and. situation they might be ports, yet they are either members of or dependent upon other ports. In England it began thus: the king, could not conveniently have a customer and comptroller in every port or haven. But these custom officers were fixed at some eminent port; and the smaller adjacent ports became by that means creeks, or appendants. of that where these custom officers were placed. 1 Chit. Com. Law, 726; Hale's Tract. de Portibus Maris, part 2, c. 1, vol. 1, p. 46; Com. Dig. Navigation, C; Callis, 34.
2. In a more popular sense, creek signifies a small stream, less than a river. 12 Pick. R. 184, CREEK
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Synonyms for creeknoun inletSynonyms- inlet
- bay
- cove
- bight
- firth or frith
noun streamSynonyms- stream
- brook
- tributary
- bayou
- rivulet
- watercourse
- streamlet
- runnel
Synonyms for creeknoun a small streamSynonymsSynonyms for creeknoun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)SynonymsRelated Words- brooklet
- stream
- watercourse
noun any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in OklahomaRelated Words- American Indian
- Indian
- Red Indian
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