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View synonyms for creak
creak
[ kreek ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
- to move with creaking.
verb (used with object)
- to cause to creak.
noun
- a creaking sound.
creak
/ kriːk /
verb
- to make or cause to make a harsh squeaking sound
- intr to make such sounds while moving
the old car creaked along
noun
- a harsh squeaking sound
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Derived Forms
- ˈcreaky, adjective
- ˈcreakingly, adverb
- ˈcreakiness, noun
- ˈcreakily, adverb
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Other Words From
- creaking·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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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.
From BBC
Just the sunny day causing an old building to creak and groan, or something uncanny?
From BBC
Rumble, wheeze, groan, roar, whoosh, clank, thud, creak and repeat — this, for me, is the onset of bus reverie.
From Los Angeles Times
I could hear the slight creak of bamboo and bone as the bow bent.
From Literature
The wooden stairs creak under our weight, and I wave cobwebs outta my face.
From Literature
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