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creek
English
Alternative forms
- crick (dialectical US)
- crik (eye dialect)
Etymology
From Middle English cr?ke, from Old Norse kriki. Early British colonists of Australia and the Americas used the term in the usual British way, to name inlets; as settlements followed the inlets upstream and inland, the names were retained and creek was reinterpreted as a general term for a small waterway.. Compare Dutch kreek, and French crique, both from the same source.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kr?k IPA(key): /k?i?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?ik/, (Appalachia) /k??k/
- Rhymes: -i?k, -?k
- Homophones: creak, crick
Noun
creek (plural creeks)
- (Britain) A small inlet or bay, often saltwater, narrower and extending farther into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river; the inner part of a port that is used as a dock for small boats.
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water (often freshwater) smaller than a river and larger than a brook; in Australia, also used of river-sized waterbodies.
- Any turn or winding.
Synonyms
- beck, brook, burn, stream
- (regional US terms:) run (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia), brook (New England), branch (Southern US), bayou (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Southeastern Texas)
Derived terms
Descendants
- Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin: kriki
- Sranan Tongo: kriki
Translations
References
Anagrams
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