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creakiness

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creak⋅y

  [kree-kee]
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–adjective, creak⋅i⋅er, creak⋅i⋅est.
1. creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
2. run-down; dilapidated: a creaky shack.
3. Phonetics. (of the voice) produced by vibration of a small portion of the vocal cords while the arytenoid cartilages are held together, with little breath being released; laryngealized.
Origin:
1825–35; creak + -y 1

Related forms:
creak⋅i⋅ly, adverb
creak⋅i⋅ness, noun
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creak·y   (krē'kē)   
adj.   creak·i·er, creak·i·est

  1. Tending to creak.

  2. Shaky or infirm, as with age; decrepit: creaky knee joints; a creaky regime.

creak'i·ly adv., creak'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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