Creak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To make a grating or squeaking sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To move with a creaking sound.
  • n. A grating or squeaking sound.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • v. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
  • v. To produce a creaking sound with.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
  • v. To produce a creaking sound with.
  • n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances: as, the gate creaks on its hinges; creaking shoes.
  • To cause to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
  • n. A sharp, harsh, grating sound, as that produced by the friction of hard substances.
  • n. A dialectal variant of crake.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a squeaking sound
  • v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  • Verb Form
    creaked    creaking    creaks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    noise    resound    make noise   
    Form
    creaked    creaking    creaky   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    creaking   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cheek    Creek    Dominique    Greek    Martinique    Monique    Mozambique    Sikh    Tariq    Zeke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    squeak    clatter    thud    rumble    groan    clank    squeal    scrape    whine    rustle