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creek Definition


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creek
noun
    1. A small narrow inlet or bay in the shore of a lake, river, or sea.
    (N Amer)
    (Austral)
    (NZ)
    2. A small natural stream or tributary, larger than a brook and smaller than a river.
      Thesaurus: stream, brook, inlet, tributary, rivulet, branch, rill.
Idiom: up the creek
    colloq
    In desperate difficulties.
Etymology: 13c: from Norse kriki nook.



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