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Definition of Creeky
1. a. Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding.
Definition of Creeky
1. Adjective. Containing, or abounding in, creeks. ¹
2. Adjective. Like a creek; winding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Creeky
1. full of creeks [adj CREEKIER, CREEKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Creeky
Literary usage of Creeky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Eastern England: From the Thames to the Humber by Walter White (1865)
"... Commerce — Nothing much to speak of—The Broomed-out Way — creeky Shore—The
Maplin—The Nore—Wakering Stairs—River-bank —Strange Aspects—Shoeburyness. ..."
2. Suffolk Deeds: Liber -I-II [1629-56]. by Suffolk County (Mass.), John Tyler Hassam (1906)
"... And so to run from yc Damm Westward to a Stake now set up by yp next creeky
place upon yc Marsh which is about thirteen Rod & thirteen foot from yc Dam ..."
3. Journal of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the Protestant by Episcopal Church (1888)
"... Sleeth, Deer creeky. Jefferson and Tippecanoe in Carroll county; Springboro,
and Motion in White county ; Williamsport and West Lebanon in Warren county ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"creeky, (kree'-ke) a. Full of creeks; winding. To CREEP, (kreep) vn To move as
a worm or insect ; to grow along the ground, or on other supports ; to move ..."
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