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creak

–verb (used without object)

1.	to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.

2.	to move with creaking.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to cause to creak.

–noun

4.	a creaking sound.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME creken to croak, appar. back formation from OE crǣcettan, var. of crācettan to croak

]

—Related forms

creak·ing·ly, adverb

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creak Audio Help (krēk) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. creaked, creak·ing, creaks

To make a grating or squeaking sound.
To move with a creaking sound.

n. A grating or squeaking sound.

[Middle English creken, croak, complain, of imitative origin.]

creak'ing·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
creak

c.1325, "utter a harsh cry," of imitative origin. Used of the sound made by a rusty gate hinge, etc., from 1583.

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creak
noun
1.	a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
verb
1.	make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" [syn: whine]

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creak [kriːk] verb

to make a sharp grating sound
Example: That chair is creaking beneath your weight.

Arabic:	يُصرُّ (الباب)، يًطَقْطِقُ
Chinese (Simplified):	吱吱嘎嘎作响
Chinese (Traditional):	吱吱嘎嘎作響
Czech:	(za)skřípat
Danish:	knirke; knage
Dutch:	kraken
Estonian:	kriiksuma
Finnish:	narista
French:	grincer
German:	knarren
Greek:	τρίζω
Hungarian:	nyikorog
Icelandic:	braka
Indonesian:	menggerit
Italian:	scricchiolare, cigolare

Japanese:	きしる
Korean:	삐걱거리다; 삐걱거리게 하다
Latvian:	čīkstēt
Lithuanian:	girgždėti
Norwegian:	knirke
Polish:	skrzypieć
Portuguese (Brazil):	ranger, chiar
Portuguese (Portugal):	ranger
Romanian:	a scârţâi
Russian:	скрипеть
Slovak:	vŕzgať
Slovenian:	škripati
Spanish:	crujir, chirriar, rechinar
Swedish:	knarra, knaka, gnissla, gnälla
Turkish:	gıcırdamak

creak [kriːk] noun

such a sound
Example: The strange creaks in the old house kept the girl awake.

Arabic:	صَرير (الباب)
Chinese (Simplified):	吱嘎声
Chinese (Traditional):	吱嘎聲
Czech:	skřípot
Danish:	knirken; knagen
Dutch:	gekraak
Estonian:	kriiks(atus)
Finnish:	narina
French:	grincement
German:	das Knarren
Greek:	τρίξιμο
Hungarian:	nyikorgás
Icelandic:	marr, brak
Indonesian:	geritan
Italian:	scricchiolio, cigolio

Japanese:	キーキー鳴る音
Korean:	삐걱거리는 소리
Latvian:	čīkstoņa
Lithuanian:	girgždesys
Norwegian:	knirking
Polish:	skrzypienie
Portuguese (Brazil):	rangido, chiado
Portuguese (Portugal):	estalido
Romanian:	scârţâit
Russian:	скрип
Slovak:	vŕzganie
Slovenian:	škripanje
Spanish:	crujido, chirrido
Swedish:	knarrande, gnisslande knakande
Turkish:	gıcırtı

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Creak

Chirk\, v. i. [Cf. Chirp, also Creak.]

1. To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.]

All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. --Cheucer.

2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Creak

Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cracked (kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cracking.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crake, Cracknel, Creak.]

1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak.

He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. --Roscommon.

3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. --B. Jonson.

5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low]

To crack a bottle, to open the bottle and drink its contents.

To crack a crib, to commit burglary. [Slang]

To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.]

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Creak

Creak\ (kr[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked (kr[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking 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.

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