Bayou

What do we mean by bayou?

A body of water, such as a creek or small river, that is a tributary of a larger body of water. noun

A sluggish stream that meanders through lowlands, marshes, or plantation grounds. noun

In the southern United States, the outlet of a lake, or one of the several outlets of a river through its delta; a sluggish watercourse. noun

An abandoned portion of a river-channel forming a lake or swamp following the general course of the main stream: a special case of “ox-bow lake.” The bayous of the lower Mississippi river are typical. noun

An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. noun

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river. noun

A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water. noun

A swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) noun

A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river.

A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water.

A place where the swamp donkeys habitate. Be careful, they try to lure you in with free cigs, alcohol, and food... especially alcohol. Although you think its "free" you will you pay your price when the rufees and sedatives settle in. Never enter a bayou alone... bring friends with you. once you enter, much like Alcatraz, it is next impossible to leave the bayou without a loss of memory of the last couple hours. Urban Dictionary

A word used to describe any body of water in Louisiana; only used by people who believe that "Cajun" is an actual ethnicity rather than a type of food. Urban Dictionary

The term used as a show of hometown, or where you came from, or where you were born and raised. Used by those in the swamps and along the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Urban Dictionary

When your balls are so sweaty it makes you want to go chooot some gators down on the bayou Urban Dictionary

A nigga that lives in the bayous and hunts and eats live alligator and smoke bayou piff all day erredayyyyyyyyyyy Urban Dictionary

Nickname for the nickname of Louisiana State University, the Tigers Urban Dictionary

To finger a girl after eating crawfish. Urban Dictionary

Accidentally swallowing and ingesting a fly or other flying insect while distracted by some other activity. Made famous by Mark Potter from NBC news who swallowed a fly while reporting on air. Urban Dictionary

That feeling that you get when you are working outside in the hot, humid summers of Louisiana and you get that annoying, thick sweat in between your ass cheeks. see also: swamp ass Urban Dictionary

Refers to the white rubber boots worn by seafood (typically oyster) laborers in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The boots are often very dirty, and worn with the pants tucked into them. This is often a derogatory term used to jeer at those who are forced to wear them, mocking the "fashion" of the area. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to bayou:
bayou, bayo, bayon, byou, bayu, bagou, bakou.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word bayou:
meto, boeuf, cajun, brazos, tupelo, chickasaw, bucks, vermilion, waterway, undivided, grosse, iberia, macon, louisiana, sabine, minden, bartholomew, choctaw, ark, cane, bluff, cypress, arkansas, beast, bucket, swamp, houston, mound, orleans, mississippi, beaumont, sara, lafayette, baton, bend, rouge, unincorporated, bye, parish, expedition, wetlands, alexandria, tributaries, plantation, tributary, confederate, curves, refuge, vista, watershed, proceeds, pierre, gulf, intersection, texas, memphis, wildlife, highway, cedar, monroe, boulevard, hudson, des, thunder, jefferson, connects, deer, buffalo, terminus, capture, flows, classic, ferry, downtown, lake, creek, alabama, cotton, preserve, flooding, stream, assault, flood, river, crossing, pine, oak, statistical, bridge, siege, landing, delta, southeast, neighborhood, southeastern, virus, northwest, northeast, hurricane, liberty.

Words that rhyme with bayou:
tai hu, alumni who, apply who, butterfly who, by who, chai hu, chi who, clarify who, cry who, dai who, deny who, die who, eye who, fly who, fry who, gadfly who, guy who, high who, identify who, lai who, lie who, mai who, mordecai who, nearby who, pi who, pie who, rabbi who, samurai who, shanghai who, signify who, sinai who, sky who, specify who, spy who, supply who, tai who, testify who, thai who, thereby who, tie who, try who, verify who, versailles who, vi who, vie ou, why who, y ou, y who.

Adjectives that are often used to describe bayou:
little, deep, small, narrow, sluggish, wide, southern, old, nearby, muddy, dark, still, large, shallow, black, broad, yellow, long, blue, quiet, upper, main, big, swampy, impassable, chickasaw, stagnant, famous, sleepy, murky, tiny, lonely, placid, crooked, mere, neighboring, principal, brown, secluded, marshy, remote, beautiful, dry, nearest, sombre, historic, opposite, sinuous, boggy, miry, lateral, back, flowing, lazy, lyish, smooth, latter, barren, pretty, hidden, smaller, lone, picturesque, distant, haunted, dis, warm, adjacent, nebulous, swamp, lined, brackish, covered, artificial, tidal, choked, silent, mysterious, beloved, saline.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective bayou:
bank, ballads, waters, road.

Consonant match to bayou:
bio, buoy, burrow, bower, boa, borough, beret, burro, bowie, buyer, burry, bayer, bauer, boyer, boyau, boro, baie, baur, bouie, buer, beyer, boo hoo, buie, burrough, boiar, beier, booe, bayar, baier, byer, bouyer, b e, burrer, boro-, baugher, booher, b o, b a, b ha, b he, b how, b who, bah i, bawer, bay a, bay e, bay he, bay o, be a, be he, be her, be who, bea a, bea who, beau a, beau i, bee a, bee he, bee her, bee who, beury, bey a, bi a, bi o, bo a, bo e, bo he, bo hi, bo i, bo o, boo a, booee, bough a, bough he, bougher, bow a, bow he, bow her, bowar, boy a, boy he, boy her, boy o, boy oh, boy who, bur a, bur he, burr a, buy a, buy he, buy her, by a, by e, by he, by her, by who, bye a, bye he.

Words that sound like bayou:
bayou, byou, bio, boohoo, baya, byo, bya, baie, biu, buyi, baia, byah, boocoo, boo hoo, biais, bio-, biw, blue, by, bike, bite, boo, buy, brew, blew, bae, ba, bile, bi, boa, buys, bowie, bight, buoy, bleu, blu, bia, bine, bru, bou, bies, bew, bice, breaux, bise, beim, bai, beu, beit, boyo, beo, brue, bhai, boya, b e, broo, bille, bouie, buu, bitw, b.o, bayo, bowa, booh, bime, booe, buie, baru, bayous, beea, b o, bize, bii, boue, bayeux, brw, beis, bsu, buo, bleue, binu, boaa, bhu, b a, bouyei, bdu, brou, buw, boyau, baisch, baiul, bilu, breu, baai, bahru, beile, biru, bi-, boei, bgu.