creak
to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
to move with creaking.
to cause to creak.
a creaking sound.
Origin of creak
1Other words from creak
- creak·ing·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with creak
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How to use creak in a sentence
With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau | Ian Frisch | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe show began when a set of dusty black curtains creaked open to reveal a futuristic cityscape as the backdrop.
As it creaked upward, painfully slowly, Pritchard filmed a seething Geldof.
It was a cloudy, stormy evening: high wind was blowing, and the branches of the trees groaned and creaked above our heads.
"Sing," said the Bull, as the stiff, muddy ox-bow creaked and strained.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
Chains creaked, hinges groaned, and the great black pall above him began gradually to rise.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe wind whistled terribly through the rigging of the great ships, and the moorings and fenders creaked and grated.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandScattergood's specially reinforced chair creaked as he strained forward to pick up his shoepacs and draw them on.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
British Dictionary definitions for creak
/ (kriːk) /
to make or cause to make a harsh squeaking sound
(intr) to make such sounds while moving: the old car creaked along
a harsh squeaking sound
Origin of creak
1Derived forms of creak
- creaky, adjective
- creakily, adverb
- creakiness, noun
- creakingly, adverb
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