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creek
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[ noun ] (geography) a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
Synonyms Examples "the creek dried up every summer" Used in print (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)Conchita kept_an_eye_on the twins and little Elena , trying to keep them from falling into the creek by which they persisted in playing . `` Pat , get_out of that creek ! (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)Harnessing a team to a buckboard , they drove out to a willow lined creek about a half-mile off , then climbed_down and began chopping . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8663
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[ noun ] any member of the Creek Confederacy of Muskhogean peoples (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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