creek
creek \'kre-k, 'krik\ n [ME crike, creke, fr. ON -kriki bend; akin to ON kro-kr] hook - more at CROOK chiefly Brit 1: a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove 2: a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river dial chiefly Brit 3: a narrow or winding passage Creek \'kre-k\ n : a member of a confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock formerly occupying most of Alabama and Georgia and parts of Florida