Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make a grating or squeaking sound.
- intransitive verb To move with a creaking sound.
- noun A grating or squeaking sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances: as, the gate creaks on its hinges; creaking shoes.
- To cause to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
- noun A sharp, harsh, grating sound, as that produced by the friction of hard substances.
- noun A dialectal variant of
crake .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To produce a creaking sound with.
- intransitive verb To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
- noun The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
- verb intransitive To make a prolonged sharp
grating orsqueaking sound, as by thefriction of hard substances. - verb transitive To produce a creaking sound with.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a squeaking sound
- verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Just then they heard a grating creak, followed by _creak, creak_, all round the Gardens.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Arthur Rackham 1898
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This is another creak from the failing superstructure of civil life.
They Don’t Like It Up ‘Em! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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Instead of letting my writer’s imagination run wild when there’s a horrible creak from the depths of the house, I can just say to myself “cat” and not worry about.
Sometimes Even Writers Need A Break From Writing at SF Novelists 2009
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It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship.
‘Pandorum’ Trailer #2 = Socks Off « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009
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A different kind of creak came from further away, in the other attic, and he twitched again, jerking so that the blanket rubbed against his chin.
Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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It has a most agreeable leathery smell, and a gentle creak which is very pleasant.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various
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A set of callipers is your friend, and if it's more of a 'creak' with a 'crack' I'd suspect bottom bracket
Irish Blogs Blogtackular! 2010
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A set of callipers is your friend, and if it's more of a 'creak' with a 'crack' I'd suspect bottom bracket
Irish Blogs Blogtackular! 2010
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I tested Lubrikit on a Paul Reed Smith SC245 where I have always noticed that "creak", or "jump", on 2 strings, regardless of the brand of strings, how old or new they are, and whether or not I'm using coated or standard strings.
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One disappointing thing that I found with the iPAQ 3835 was that when I applied Julie's much celebrated "creak" test to my unit, it failed.
The Gadgeteer 2009
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