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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024creek /krik, krɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographya stream smaller than a river.
Idioms- Idioms up the creek, [uncountable] Slang. in a difficult or hopeless situation:No job, no money, no food —we're really up the creek now.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024creek (krēk, krik),USA pronunciation n. - British Terms[U.S., Canada, and Australia.]a stream smaller than a river.
- a stream or channel in a coastal marsh.
- Dialect Terms, British Terms[Chiefly Atlantic States and Brit.]a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea.
- an estuary.
- [Brit. Dial.]a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess.
- Idioms up the creek, [Slang.]in a predicament;
in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation.
- Old Norse kriki bend, crook
- Middle English creke, variant of crike 1200–50
- Language Varietiesa member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.
- Language VarietiesAlso called Muskogee. a Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: creek /kriːk/ n - chiefly Brit a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea
- US Canadian Austral NZ a small stream or tributary
- up the creek ⇒ slang in trouble; in a difficult position
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse kriki nook; related to Middle Dutch krēke creek, inlet |