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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

The creaks at night and the shifting shadows along the bedroom wall intimate to a young person’s mind that the external world is uncontrollable.

An iceberg splits with the same yawning creak as a tree beginning its fall to earth.

You could hear the buildings creak and groan as they shook in their foundations.

Garnache took the proffered chair, and sank down with creak and jingle to warm himself at the fire.

And this time Mrs. Armine noticed that the basket chair did not creak beneath his movement.

A gentle breath from heaven makes the basket decline a little and the ropes creak against the hardwood clinch blocks.

Joe agreed; the anchor was lost, and the men prepared for the first creak that would show that the tide was coming.

But her ears magnified a thousandfold each crackling of a log and each creak of the floor sent expectant shivers along her spine.

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