bayou
- a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
- any of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water.
Origin of bayou
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Contemporary Examples of bayou
But Hillstomp is the real deal, as legit as anything you will find nowadays down on the bayou.
At a rally for longshot Senate candidate on the bayou, Sarah Palin got choked up on Thursday.
All the moves, that is, except managing his state properly—at least according to Bayou voters.
Instead, Bayou, Israel's hedge-fund group, continued to flounder and the deception only grew.
The darling of the festival circuit just arrived in theaters—and the Bayou drama seems destined for Academy Award glory.
Historical Examples of bayou
He was asleep; had gone to sleep calling her "Maman" and babbling of wild-fowl on the bayou.
The Long RollMary Johnston
The house had floated out of a bayou, I found, which was the reason we did not see it sooner.
Up the RiverOliver Optic
On the 13th they came to the banks of a wide creek or bayou, which they had no means of crossing.
The enemy was strongly posted in a wood at a bend in the Bayou.
History of the 159th Regiment, N.Y.S.V.Edward Duffy
“Now you will come with me,” said Bayou to Papalier, impatiently.
The Hour and the ManHarriet Martineau
bayou
- (in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river
Word Origin for bayou
Word Origin and History for bayou
1766, via Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk "small stream."
bayou
- A sluggish, marshy stream connected with a river, lake, or gulf. Bayous are common in the southern United States.
bayou
Term used mainly in Louisiana and Mississippi to describe a swampy, slowly moving or stationary body of water that was once part of a lake, river, or gulf.