CREAK

creak, creaking

(noun) a squeaking sound; “the creak of the floorboards gave him away”

whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak

(verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise; “The door creaked when I opened it slowly”; “My car engine makes a whining noise”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

creak (plural creaks)

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Verb

creak (third-person singular simple present creaks, present participle creaking, simple past and past participle creaked)

(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

(transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.

(intransitive, figurative) To suffer from strain or old age.

Anagrams

• Acker, Crake, acker, crake

Source: Wiktionary

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Creak (krk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.] Etym: [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. kreiken to crackle, chirp.]

Definition: To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.

Creak, v. t.

Definition: To produce a creaking sound with. Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak.

Creak (krk), n.

Definition: Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking. Roget.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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