Etymology: perhaps from Dutch krieken to chirp, peep (of imitative origin) + English -er
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krieker U.S.(ˈkriːkə(r))
[ad. Ger. kriecher creeper.]
A name in N. Jersey and Rhode Island of the Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa pectoralis.
in Cent. Dict.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.