Category:Creak

Creak (krk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked (krkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.] Etym: [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. kreiken to crackle, chirp.]

Defn: To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking 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 Creak, v. t.

Defn: To produce a creaking sound with. Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak.

creak Creak (krk), n.

Defn: Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking. Roget.