DictionarycrickSmall stream
noun

crick

A small creek or stream, in dialectal speech.

The local speaker calls the stream a crick.

Etymology

Crick is a regional form of creek. It carries the same small-watercourse meaning, identifying a local stream rather than a separate kind of geographical feature.

More examples

  • They crossed the little crick.
  • Several cricks fed the river.
  • He grew up fishing in the crick.

Forms

crick · cricks

Similar words

creek
The standard spelling for this meaning.
brook
Another small stream.