upcreek

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adverb

Towards the source of a creek.

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Meanings

adverbupcreek (comparative further upcreek or farther upcreek, superlative furthest upcreek or farthest upcreek)

comparative further upcreek · comparative farther upcreek · superlative furthest upcreek · superlative farthest upcreek · alternative up-creek

  1. Towards the source of a creek.

    She did know where he had gone? Up-creek? Good! He would strike out after him at once […]

    1901, Jack London, “The Scorn of Women”, in The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke, section III
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    […] her staring upcreek from the kitchen window, her secret smiles, her sighs, this and more told the rest of the tale […]

    1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 213

Origin

From up- + creek.

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APA

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MLA

“upcreek.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcreek. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upcreek,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upcreek.

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