About The Word Creak
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Creak
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What's The Definition Of Creak?
[n] a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
[v] make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door Synonyms | Synonyms for Creak: creaking | screak | screech | skreak | squeak Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | make noise | noise | noise | resound Creak In Webster's Dictionary \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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