creek

noun4

1. •
   (US, Australia) a small river that runs into a bigger river or into the sea

   • We all feel it Looming, even when we're awake, out there ahead someplace, the way you come to feel a River or Creek ahead, before anything else,— sound, sky, vegetation,— may have announced it. — 1997
2. •
   (UK) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.

   • There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken any way you please, is bad, / And strands them in forsaken guts and creeks / No decent soul would think of visiting. — 1887
3. •
   (UK) The inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
4. •
   Any turn or winding.

adjective1

1. •
   Of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.

   • The chieftain was well versed in Creek history.

noun1

1. •
   One of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, also known as the Muscogee.

   • Revis, who moved to Macon two-and-a half years ago to work on the park effort, noted that after the Muscogee (Creek) were removed to Oklahoma, the site became a slave plantation. — 2024