Creek
noun
A small, narrow and shallow stream or river.
We took a walk by the creek in the park.
Often appears as...
- up a creek
- down the creek
noun
A narrow place in body or passage.
She suffers pain in the back of her neck, right in the creek.
noun
An instance or state of difficulty or trouble.
When the car broke down in the middle of nowhere, we knew we were up the creek.
Often appears as...
- up the creek
- up the creek without a paddle
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
An ethnic group of Native American people.
The Creek were one of the five civilized tribes of the Southeastern United States.
noun
A small, narrow and shallow stream or river.
We took a walk by the creek in the park.
Often appears as...
- up a creek
- down the creek
noun
A narrow place in body or passage.
She suffers pain in the back of her neck, right in the creek.
noun
An instance or state of difficulty or trouble.
When the car broke down in the middle of nowhere, we knew we were up the creek.
Often appears as...
- up the creek
- up the creek without a paddle
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
An ethnic group of Native American people.
The Creek were one of the five civilized tribes of the Southeastern United States.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Setting
Used to describe small water bodies in nature, often found in rural or natural settings.
Let's have a picnic next to the creek where it's peaceful.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a River
Although similar to rivers, creeks are smaller and can be stepped over or waded through.
Children love playing and splashing in the shallow waters of the creek.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Setting
Used to describe small water bodies in nature, often found in rural or natural settings.
Let's have a picnic next to the creek where it's peaceful.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a River
Although similar to rivers, creeks are smaller and can be stepped over or waded through.
Children love playing and splashing in the shallow waters of the creek.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Setting
Used to describe small water bodies in nature, often found in rural or natural settings.
Let's have a picnic next to the creek where it's peaceful.
Pro Tip 2/2Not a River
Although similar to rivers, creeks are smaller and can be stepped over or waded through.
Children love playing and splashing in the shallow waters of the creek.
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Video examples
How to Raise a Baby...
something like that she'll follow up and open up logs wade through creeks dig holes and if they're not paying attention she'll walk back and slack one of them it's really important to stop traffic on time so that their pregnant females can go ahead and have three for
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How kids can help design...
Boulder Public Library on the other end, and by Boulder Creek, which runs through the middle. The space needed a new design to better handle the creek's inevitable flash floods, restore a sense of safety to the area and support an expanded farmers' market.
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How to fossilize...yourse...
or spots your fossil exposed in a creek bank after a flood. And there you are, a magnificent scientific discovery, millions of years in the making! She and her colleagues gently extract you from the surrounding sediment, measure and photograph
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Borneo: Paradise Under...
little bit and then you can see my leg here perhaps and my blue sock and a shoe behind the tree can you see that it went straight you know just passed me and went into a small creek and I said love - God we we can't miss this chance this
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Love and hormones PIPE...
head and can say what you need to hear they are nurturing we call it pro-social trusting is a very interesting thing because you know if you trust the wrong person you're sort of up the creek but if you trust the right person you
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Manatees Have Bad Breath...
quite a lot of water plants particularly in shallow freshwater and they too have retained the character of that ancestors they're gentle grazers and here in the warm clear waters of the Florida creeks
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This app makes it fun to...
This story starts with these two -- my kids. We were hiking in the Oakland woods when my daughter noticed a plastic tub of cat litter in a creek. She looked at me and said,
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Nature's Mighty Power:...
planet without it these rich savannas and the incredible life within them would likely disappear in the midday sun the cold spring creek is the only place to be
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
camp was a forever evolving project and our resources were decidedly limited he came from a woodstove shower water from a nearby creek and melted snow and light
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Feathers in Flight: The...
And it nests near rivers or creeks. Knowing their vocalizations is key to doing the research because otherwise, you'd rarely see them if you didn't.
Video examples
How to Raise a Baby...
something like that she'll follow up and open up logs wade through creeks dig holes and if they're not paying attention she'll walk back and slack one of them it's really important to stop traffic on time so that their pregnant females can go ahead and have three for
Video examples
How kids can help design...
Boulder Public Library on the other end, and by Boulder Creek, which runs through the middle. The space needed a new design to better handle the creek's inevitable flash floods, restore a sense of safety to the area and support an expanded farmers' market.
Video examples
How to fossilize...yourse...
or spots your fossil exposed in a creek bank after a flood. And there you are, a magnificent scientific discovery, millions of years in the making! She and her colleagues gently extract you from the surrounding sediment, measure and photograph
Video examples
Borneo: Paradise Under...
little bit and then you can see my leg here perhaps and my blue sock and a shoe behind the tree can you see that it went straight you know just passed me and went into a small creek and I said love - God we we can't miss this chance this
Video examples
Love and hormones PIPE...
head and can say what you need to hear they are nurturing we call it pro-social trusting is a very interesting thing because you know if you trust the wrong person you're sort of up the creek but if you trust the right person you
Video examples
Manatees Have Bad Breath...
quite a lot of water plants particularly in shallow freshwater and they too have retained the character of that ancestors they're gentle grazers and here in the warm clear waters of the Florida creeks
Video examples
This app makes it fun to...
This story starts with these two -- my kids. We were hiking in the Oakland woods when my daughter noticed a plastic tub of cat litter in a creek. She looked at me and said,
Video examples
Nature's Mighty Power:...
planet without it these rich savannas and the incredible life within them would likely disappear in the midday sun the cold spring creek is the only place to be
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
camp was a forever evolving project and our resources were decidedly limited he came from a woodstove shower water from a nearby creek and melted snow and light
Video examples
Feathers in Flight: The...
And it nests near rivers or creeks. Knowing their vocalizations is key to doing the research because otherwise, you'd rarely see them if you didn't.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kathi Appelt
American Writer
I have always been interested in abandoned cars. I can't tell you how many times I've been in a car, driving, and there's a car sitting in a pasture, totally abandoned. Or on the edge of a creek or something. I always wonder: why did somebody park it in the pasture and leave?
Quote examples
Kim Brooks
American Writer
Did our parents really let us do that?' is a game my friends and I sometimes play. We remember taking off on bikes alone, playing in the woods for hours, crawling through storm drains to follow creek beds.
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Lizz Wright
American Musician
I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things.
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Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.
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Gabriel Basso
American Actor
I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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Will Rogers
American Actor
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
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Travis Knight
American Producer
I spent a lot of time alone when I was a kid, I climbed trees, hopped creek beds, read, watched movies, I'd make stories, make films.
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Tracy Morgan
American Actor
I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. I wasn't raised with some backyard with a creek and trees and all that.
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Dan Rather
American Journalist
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Jim Fowler
American Scientist
Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.
Quote examples
Kathi Appelt
American Writer
I have always been interested in abandoned cars. I can't tell you how many times I've been in a car, driving, and there's a car sitting in a pasture, totally abandoned. Or on the edge of a creek or something. I always wonder: why did somebody park it in the pasture and leave?
Quote examples
Kim Brooks
American Writer
Did our parents really let us do that?' is a game my friends and I sometimes play. We remember taking off on bikes alone, playing in the woods for hours, crawling through storm drains to follow creek beds.
Quote examples
Lizz Wright
American Musician
I live just above a creek, and it's always very active. It almost sounds like the ocean. It's constant, and there's lots of big rocks in it, so it's got a great sound. It's one of my favorite things.
Quote examples
Joyce Carol Oates
American Novelist
As a farm girl, even when I was quite young, I had my 'farm chores' - but I had time also to be alone, to explore the fields, woods and creek side. And to read.
Quote examples
Gabriel Basso
American Actor
I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
Quote examples
Will Rogers
American Actor
If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep.
Quote examples
Travis Knight
American Producer
I spent a lot of time alone when I was a kid, I climbed trees, hopped creek beds, read, watched movies, I'd make stories, make films.
Quote examples
Tracy Morgan
American Actor
I'm no Jerry Seinfeld. I wasn't raised with some backyard with a creek and trees and all that.
Quote examples
Dan Rather
American Journalist
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
Quote examples
Jim Fowler
American Scientist
Preserving a river or a creek can bring a lot of revenue.
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