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creakinesses

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creak⋅y

[kree-kee]
–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


creak⋅i⋅ly, adverb
creak⋅i⋅ness, noun
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