Sekirov Dictionary

creak

/kɹiːk/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 5

verb3

•
To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
- Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up. — 1856
•
To produce a creaking sound with.
- Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. — 1604
•
(figurative) To suffer from strain or old age.
- Fascinating though this high-minded re-reading was, certain crucial joints of the play creaked a good deal under the strain. — 2002

noun1

•
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
- I won't say that I didn't close my eyes for a minute through the whole night, but if I did sleep it was only as a watchdog sleeps. A whisper or a creak of a board would have found me alert. — 1923

forms

creaked · creaking · creaketh · creaks · creakest

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