1
: a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
2
chiefly British
: a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove
3
archaic
: a narrow or winding passage
1
plural Creek or Creeks
: a member of any of a group of Indigenous American peoples that formed a confederacy in Georgia and eastern Alabama in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and that were forcibly removed to Indian Territory in 1836 to 1840
2
a
plural Creek or Creeks
: a member of the people who comprised the nucleus of the Creek confederacy : muscogee sense 1
b
: the Muskogean language of this people : muscogee sense 2
Note: Creek is the name by which the Muscogee people were known to English settlers prior to their forcible removal to Indian Territory. Present-day members of this nation live under the name Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Examples of creek in a Sentence
Noun (1)
The children waded in the creek.
The coast is dotted with tiny creeks.
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Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
The Spa The Spa is a collection of treatment tents set along a creek that lends a soundtrack to your massage, facial, or body wrap.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
Or Frank Lloyd Wright, with his long, often low-slung homes of concrete and red tidewater cypress, designed to harmonize with their surroundings (Fallingwater, one of his most famous works, is perched over a creek in a quiet glade outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
—Nick Remsen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Those who hike the trail have the opportunity to summit Mount Washington, the tallest peak in the northeast, walk along a peaceful creek, or follow in the footsteps of history where the trail becomes part of the towpath for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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Noun
He’s arrowed fish in freshwater, tidewater creeks, and in the saltwater near the massive Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 1 May 2025
The Spa The Spa is a collection of treatment tents set along a creek that lends a soundtrack to your massage, facial, or body wrap.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2025
Or Frank Lloyd Wright, with his long, often low-slung homes of concrete and red tidewater cypress, designed to harmonize with their surroundings (Fallingwater, one of his most famous works, is perched over a creek in a quiet glade outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).
—Nick Remsen, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Those who hike the trail have the opportunity to summit Mount Washington, the tallest peak in the northeast, walk along a peaceful creek, or follow in the footsteps of history where the trail becomes part of the towpath for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Creek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creek. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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