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CREAKING
creak, creaking
(noun) a squeaking sound; “the creak of the floorboards gave him away”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
creaking
present participle of creak
Noun
creaking (plural creakings)
A noise that creaks.
Source: Wiktionary
CReak"ing, n.
Definition: A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow.
CREAK
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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