creeks Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
    brook; creek.
    • the creek dried up every summer
  2. noun any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
    Creek.

WordNet

Creeks noun plural
Wordforms
singular Creek
Definitions
  1. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

Webster 1913