[kriːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a narrow, sheltered waterway, especially an inlet in a shoreline or channel in a marsh
(e.g: a sandy beach in a sheltered creek)


Phrases:
- be up shit creek
- be up the creek

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French crique or from Old Norse kriki ‘nook’; perhaps reinforced by Middle Dutch krēke; of unknown ultimate origin

[kriːk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of a confederacy of Indigenous peoples of the south-eastern US, whose descendants now live mainly in Oklahoma

- the Muskogean language of the Creek


Phrases:

Origin:
from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama

[kriːk], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting the Creek or their language


Phrases:

Origin:
from creek, because they lived beside the waterways of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama