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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
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
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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