noun. 
                    A small stream, often a shallow or intermittent tributary to a river.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    A channel or stream running through a salt marsh.
                  
                
                  
                    noun. 
                    A small inlet in a shoreline, extending farther inland than a cove.
                  
                
                  
                    idiom. 
                    (up the creek (without a paddle))  In a difficult, unfortunate, or inextricable position.