Creak Definition

krēk
creaked, creaking, creaks
verb
creaked, creaking, creaks
To make a harsh, shrill, grating, or squeaking sound, as rusted hinges do.
Webster's New World
To move slowly with or as with such a sound.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
creaks
Such a sound.
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Other Word Forms of Creak

Noun

Singular:
creak
Plural:
creaks

Origin of Creak

  • From Middle English creken, metathesis of Old English cearcian. Cognate with Albanian grykë (“throat”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English creken croak, complain of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Creak Sentence Examples

  • She didn't walk far before she heard the creak and snap of branches.

  • Pierre turned his whole body, making the sofa creak.

  • Things are nice as it is, she said to herself, and she began walking up and down the room, not stepping simply on the resounding parquet but treading with each step from the heel to the toe (she had on a new and favorite pair of shoes) and listening to the regular tap of the heel and creak of the toe as gladly as she had to the sounds of her own voice.

  • Dorothy maintains that age is catching up with them, joints are beginning to creak, but they look pretty frisky to us!

  • Stepping up out of the bike, I did n't creak, I didn't groan and my bum didn't feel flat.

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Words Starting With

CCRCRE

Words Ending With

KAKEAK

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Words Starting With C and Ending With K

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With K