Creek /(krēk)/

Creek

n.
  1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.
    Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore.
    They discovered a certain creek, with a shore.
    — Acts xxvii. 39.
  2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.
    Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks.
  3. Any turn or winding.
    The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands.