creek
11Creek — Indian tribe or confederation, 1725, named for CREEK (Cf. creek), the geographical feature, and abbreviated from Ochese Creek Indians, from the place in Georgia where English first encountered them. Native name is Muskogee, a word of uncertain… …
12creek — [ krik, krık ] noun count 1. ) a narrow stream 2. ) BRITISH a long narrow area of ocean stretching into the land be up the creek (without a paddle) INFORMAL to be in a difficult situation: If we don t get this contract, we re up the creek! …
13creek — mid 15c., creke narrow inlet in a coastline, altered from kryk (early 13c.; in place names from 12c.), probably from O.N. kriki corner, nook, perhaps influenced by Anglo Fr. crique, itself from a Scandinavian source via Norman. Perhaps ultimately …
14Creek — ► NOUN (pl. same) ▪ a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the south eastern US. ORIGIN from CREEK(Cf. ↑creek), because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama …
15creek — ► NOUN 1) a small waterway such as an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh. 2) N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a stream or minor tributary of a river. ● up the creek Cf. ↑up the creek ORIGIN Old French crique or Old Norse kriki nook …
16Creek — [kri:k] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl.( amerik.) creek>: 1. nur zur Regenzeit Wasser führender Fluss [in Australien]. 2. durch Landsenkung aus ehemaligen Flusstälern entstandene Meeresbucht an der afrik. Ostküste. 3. kleiner Flusslauf [in… …
17creek — creek; creek·ol·o·gy; …
18creek — [krēk, krik] n. [ME (rare) creke (> mod. pronun. krēk), (common) crike (> pronun. krik) > ON kriki, a bend, winding, hence winding inlet, akin to OFris kreke, MDu creke: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. Now Chiefly Brit. a narrow inlet or bay… …
19Creek — (engl., spr. krīk), in Nordamerika Name für kleine Flüsse und Bäche; in Surinam für Kanäle …
20Creek — (engl., spr. krihk), in Nordamerika die kleinen Bäche oder Flüsse, die sich zu einem Hauptstrom vereinen, in Niederländ. Guayana Bezeichnung für Kanäle …
