Creak definition

krēk

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A grating or squeaking sound.

noun

To move with a creaking sound.

verb

To make a harsh, shrill, grating, or squeaking sound, as rusted hinges do.

verb

To make a grating or squeaking sound.

verb

To move slowly with or as with such a sound.

verb

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

Such a sound.

noun

(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

verb

To produce a creaking sound with.

verb

Other Word Forms

Singular:

creak

Plural:

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”).

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