ALL meanings of bayou
bay·ou
B b - countable noun bayou A bayou is a slow-moving, marshy area of water in the southern United States, especially Louisiana. 3
- noun bayou (in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river 3
- noun bayou in some parts of the S U.S., a sluggish, marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, etc. 3
- noun bayou (in the southern US) A marshy outlet of a lake or river. 1
- noun bayou river: swampy tributary 1
- noun plural bayou a marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant. 1
- noun plural bayou any of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water. 1
- noun bayou A slow-moving, often stagnant creek or river. 0
- noun bayou A swamp, a marshy (stagnant) body of water. 0