Meaning of CREAK
| Pronunciation: | | kreek
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- [n] a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
- [v] make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door
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| | Synonyms: | | creaking, screak, screech, skreak, squeak |
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| | See Also: | | make noise, noise, noise, resound | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. --Dryden.
Doors upon their hinges creaked. --Tennyson.
\Creak\, v. t.
To produce a creaking sound with.
Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. --Shak.
\Creak\ (kr[=e]k), n.
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
--Roget.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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