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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CREAK, v.i. [L., Gr., to comb, scrape, rake; to cry.] To make a sharp harsh grating sound, of some continuance, as by the friction of hard substances. Thus, the hinge of a door creaks in turning; a tight firm shoe creaks in walking, by the friction of the leather.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" [syn: creak, creaking] v
1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak]

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English creken to croak, of imitative origin Date: 1583 to make a prolonged grating or squeaking sound often as a result of being worn-out; also to proceed slowly with or as if with creaking wheels <the story creaks along to a dull conclusion> II. noun Date: 1604 a rasping or grating noise

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a harsh scraping or squeaking sound. --v.intr. 1 make a creak. 2 a move with a creaking noise. b move stiffly and awkwardly. c show weakness or frailty under strain. Derivatives: creakingly adv. Etymology: ME, imit.: cf. CRAKE, CROAK

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Creak 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Creak Creak, v. t. To produce a creaking sound with. Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Creak Creak (kr[=e]k), n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. --Roget.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(creaks, creaking, creaked) If something creaks, it makes a short, high-pitched sound when it moves. The bed-springs creaked... The door creaked open... ...the creaking stairs. VERB: V, V adj, V-ing • Creak is also a noun. The door was pulled open with a creak. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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