Creak

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  • intransitive verb. To make a grating or squeaking sound.
  • intransitive verb. To move with a creaking sound.
  • noun. A grating or squeaking sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances: as, the gate creaks on its hinges; creaking shoes.
  • To cause to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
  • noun. A sharp, harsh, grating sound, as that produced by the friction of hard substances.
  • noun. A dialectal variant of crake.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To produce a creaking sound with.
  • noun. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • intransitive verb. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
  • verb. To produce a creaking sound with.
  • noun. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a squeaking sound
  • verb. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  • Word Usage
    "Just then they heard a grating creak, followed by _creak, creak_, all round the Gardens."
    Form
    creaked  creaking  creaky  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    clank  clatter  click  crackle  crunch  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    creaked  creaking  creaks