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creak

[ kreek ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
  2. to move with creaking.


verb (used with object)

  1. to cause to creak.

noun

  1. a creaking sound.

creak

/ kriːk /

verb

  1. to make or cause to make a harsh squeaking sound
  2. intr to make such sounds while moving

    the old car creaked along

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a harsh squeaking sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈcreaky, adjective
  • ˈcreakingly, adverb
  • ˈcreakiness, noun
  • ˈcreakily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • creaking·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of creak1

1275–1325; Middle English creken to croak, apparently back formation from Old English crǣcettan, variant of crācettan to croak
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Word History and Origins

Origin of creak1

C14: variant of croak , of imitative origin
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Example Sentences

Because, for all this week's haka hoopla, for all the tourists' dominant history, this is a New Zealand team that creak when their predecessors - with 34 wins from 45 previous meetings - didn't.

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Just the sunny day causing an old building to creak and groan, or something uncanny?

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Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.

I could hear the slight creak of bamboo and bone as the bow bent.

The wooden stairs creak under our weight, and I wave cobwebs outta my face.

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