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creak

  [kreek]
Use creak in a Sentence
–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   (krēk)   
intr.v.   creaked, creak·ing, creaks

  1. To make a grating or squeaking sound.

  2. To move with a creaking sound.

n.  A grating or squeaking sound.

[Middle English creken, croak, complain, of imitative origin.]
creak'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

creak 
c.1325, "utter a harsh cry," of imitative origin. Used of the sound made by a rusty gate hinge, etc., from 1583.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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