CREEK

creek. Creek, n. a small bay, alley, nook, corner, turn

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Creek (krēk), n. [[AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook.]] 1. 1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper. They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39. 2. 2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith. 3. 3. Any turn or winding.
The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.