creeka small stream: A creek runs through the property.Not to be confused with:creak ? a squeaking or grating sound: The floorboards creak.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary EmbreeCreek (kr?k)n. pl. Creek or Creeks 1. a. A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting eastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and northwest Florida and now located in central Oklahoma and southern Alabama. The Creek were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s.b. The Muskogean language of the Creek.2. a. A Native American confederacy made up of the Creek and various smaller southeast tribes.b. A member of this confederacy. In all senses also called Muskogee1.[From the picturesque creeks near which they lived.]creek (kr?k, kr?k)n.1. A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river. Also called regionally branch, brook1, kill2, run.2. A channel or stream running through a salt marsh: tidal creeks teeming with shore wildlife.3. Chiefly British A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.Idiom: up the creek (without a paddle) Informal In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.[Middle English creke, probably from Old Norse kriki, bend.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.creek (kri?k) n1. (Physical Geography) chiefly Brit a narrow inlet or bay, esp of the sea2. (Physical Geography) US and Canadian and Austral and NZ a small stream or tributary3. up the creek slang in trouble; in a difficult position[C13: from Old Norse kriki nook; related to Middle Dutch kr?ke creek, inlet]Creek (kri?k) npl Creek or Creeks1. (Peoples) a member of a confederacy of Native American peoples formerly living in Georgia and Alabama, now chiefly in Oklahoma2. (Languages) any of the languages of these peoples, belonging to the Muskhogean familyCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014creek (krik, kr?k) n. 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. Idioms: up the creek, Slang. in a difficult or seemingly hopeless situation. [1200?50; Middle English creke, variant of crike