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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