Creaky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending to creak.
  • adj. Shaky or infirm, as with age; decrepit: creaky knee joints; a creaky regime.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Tending to creak
  • adj. Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  • adj. arthritic or rheumatic
  • adj. Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. worn down with age or use; in poor condition.
  • adj. producing a rasping or grating sound under some circumsatance.
  • adj. aching when flexed; -- of body parts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Creaking; apt to creak.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. worn and broken down by hard use
  • adj. having a rasping or grating sound
  • adj. of or pertaining to arthritis
  • Equivalent
    worn    noisy    unhealthy   
    Form
    creakiness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    decrepit    flea-bitten    run-down    rundown    woe-begone    arthritic    rheumatic    rheumatoid    squeak    grind   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Leakey    cheeky    dashiki    freaky    geeky    leaky    sneaky    squeaky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts