Creek meaning

What does “creek” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“creek” is a noun with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river).

creek

noun

  1. a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

    “the creek dried up every summer”

    Synonymsbrook
  2. any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University