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Definition: CREEKS |
CREEKSNoun plural1. A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. |
Date "CREEKS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
Synonym: CREEKSSynonym: Streams. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Qualification | Phrase: "if the good lord is willing and the creeks don't rise"; catch-. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CREEKS |
| English words defined with "CREEKS": Creeky ♦ grayly, greyly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "CREEKS": Breaches ♦ Macaca fascicularis ♦ scout prospecting, Small Stream Flooding. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Keswick Reservoir near Flat Creeks near Redding, CA. Note: the Manzanita and Pines. The copper smelter killed all of the original vegetation. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Aerial view of meandering tidal creeks and extensive pristine marshes in North Inlet Estuary. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Conservation filter strips are a popular practice for Illinois farmers. The strips help to keep soil and nutrients out of creeks and streams and provide quality habitat for many species of wildlife. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Peak between 4 Mile and Birch Creeks in the Owyhee Breaks Wilderness Study Area. OR 3-59. Credit: Unknown. |
 | Trip to the Creeks. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Tributary" by Kenn W. Kiser Commentary: "One of the many small tributary creeks emptying into the Licking River (photo taken in Licking County, Ohio, USA)." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Like dreams, small creeks grow into mighty rivers. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | An anxiety has been also demonstrated by the Executive for peace with the Creeks and the Cherokees. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The Chickasaws and Cherokees have sold us the country between and adjacent to the two districts of Tennessee, and the Creeks the residue of their lands in the fork of the Ocmulgee up to the Ulcofauhatche. |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Under the appropriation to authorize treaties with the Creeks and Quaupaw Indians commissioners have been appointed and negotiations are now pending, but the result is not yet known. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Arrangements are in progress for the removal of the Creeks, and will soon be for the removal of the Seminoles. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "CREEKS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CREEKS" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 38 | 55,818 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CREEKS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Creeks | Last name | 130 | 64,833 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CREEKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 小河 (Beck, Creek, stream, STREAMS). (various references) | |
German | Flüsschens, Flüsschen (creek, rivulet). (various references) | |
Korean | 시내 (Brook, Brooks, Creek, stream, STREAMS). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eekscray.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"CREEKS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cere, Craiks, creefs, crek, Crex, Creyke, Creykes, Crrreak, Cruiks, Kroeske, sreeks. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CREEKS" (pronounced krē"ks) |
| 4 | -r ē" k s | freaks, reeks, shrieks, streaks, wreaks. |
| 3 | -ē" k s | antiques, bespeaks, boutiques, cheeks, critiques, geeks, leaks, leeks, peaks, peeks, seeks, sheiks, sneaks, speaks, squeaks, techniques, tweaks, weeks. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-k-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ceres, creek, esker, recks, reeks, scree. | |
-2 letters: cees, cere, ekes, reck, recs, reek, rees, seek, seer, sere, skee. | |
-3 letters: cee, eke, ere, ers, rec, ree, res, sec, see, ser. | |
-4 letters: er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-k-r-s" | |
+1 letter: deckers, neckers, peckers, rebecks. | |
+2 letters: checkers, freckles, hecklers, pickeers, rechecks, reckless, rednecks, resketch, screaked, sickener, sketcher, suckered, wreckers. | |
+3 letters: beckoners, bickerers, caretakes, cockerels, cookeries, creakiest, crewnecks, detickers, ecofreaks, foredecks, greensick, icemakers, kerchiefs, mackerels, mockeries, overdecks, oxpeckers, pickerels, picketers, pocketers, prechecks, puckerers, reckoners, reedbucks, rejackets, restacked, restocked, retackles, rockeries, rocketers, rockweeds, screwlike, sickeners, sketchers, sketchier, snickered, snickerer, wreckages. | |
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