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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024creak /krik/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) make a sharp, scraping, or squeaking sound: [no object]The rusty old gate creaked.[~ + object]He creaked the door when he opened it.
- to move slowly with or as if with such a sound:[no object]The broken-down car creaked along slowly.
n. [countable] - a creaking sound:I heard a few creaks from the old floorboards.
creak•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024creak (krēk),USA pronunciation v.i. - to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
- to move with creaking.
v.t. - to cause to creak.
n. - a creaking sound.
- Middle English creken to croak, apparently back formation from Old English crǣcettan, variant of crācettan to croak 1275–1325
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