n. [ AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook. ]
Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The chub sucker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl.;
a. Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. “The creeky shore.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]