Creak

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Creak \Creak\ (kr[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Creaked}
     (kr[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaking}.] [OE. creken, prob.
     of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to
     crackle, chirp.]
     To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by
     the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.


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           The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. --Dryden.
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           Doors upon their hinges creaked.         --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Creak \Creak\, v. t.
     To produce a creaking sound with.
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           Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.  --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Creak \Creak\ (kr[=e]k), n.
     The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
     --Roget.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  creak
       n : a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him
           away" [syn: {creaking}]
       v : make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
           when I opened it slowly" [syn: {squeak}, {screech}, {screak},
            {skreak}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "creak":
     caterwaul, chirk, chirking, chirp, chirrup, crick, howl, keen,
     pipe, screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh,
     squawk, squeak, squeal, stridulate, stridulation, ululate,
     ululation, wail, whine, whistle, wrawl, yammer