Creak meaning
A grating or squeaking sound.
noun
The definition of creak is to make a slow, high-pitched squeaky noise.
An example of creak is to make a sound while walking on a loose wooden board in the floor.
verb
To make a grating or squeaking sound.
verb
To move with a creaking sound.
verb
To make a harsh, shrill, grating, or squeaking sound, as rusted hinges do.
verb
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To move slowly with or as with such a sound.
verb
Such a sound.
noun
To produce a creaking sound with.
verb
Origin of creak
- Middle English creken croak, complain of imitative origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English creken, metathesis of Old English cearcian. Cognate with Albanian grykë (“throat”).
From Wiktionary