creek: Meaning and Definition of

creek

1. a stream smaller than a river.
2. a stream or channel in a coastal marsh.
3. a recess or inlet in the shore of the sea.
4. an estuary.
5. a narrow, winding passage or hidden recess.
6. in a predicament; in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation.

Creek

1. a member of a confederacy of North American Indians that in historic times occupied the greater part of Alabama and Georgia.
2. Also calleda Muskogean language that is the language of the Creek Indians.