creak

🇺🇸 /kriːk/ 🇬🇧 /kriːk/
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verb
R

to produce a long, harsh sound like that made by a door or floor when it moves

The door creaked as I opened it.

noun
R

a long, harsh sound made by a door, floor, or other object when it moves

The creaks from the floorboards above made me jump.

translation

v. to produce a long, harsh sound like that made by a door or floor when it moves
n. a long, harsh sound made by a door, floor, or other object when it moves

Word Forms

3rd Present creaks
Past creaked
Progressive creaking
Plural creaks
Perfect creaked