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

English

Pronunciation

• krēk, /kri:k/
• /kriːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk
• Homophones: creek

Noun

1. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Translations

Verb

1. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
2. To produce a creaking sound with.

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