Adjacent Words

creaky definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone]
2: having a rasping or grating sound; "creaky stairs" [syn: creaky, screaky]
3: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (creakier; -est) Date: 1834 1. marked by creaking ; squeaky <creaky shoes> 2. showing signs of deterioration or decrepitude <a creaky old house> <a creaky economy> • creakily adverb • creakiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (creakier, creakiest) 1 liable to creak. 2 a stiff or frail (creaky joints). b (of a practice, institution, etc.) decrepit, dilapidated, outmoded. Derivatives: creakily adv. creakiness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. A creaky object creaks when it moves. She pushed open a creaky door. ADJ 2. If you describe something as creaky, you think it is bad in some way because it is old or old-fashioned. ...its creaky and corrupt political system. ADJ