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What (who) is Creak - definition
creak
(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
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Creak is also a noun.
The door was pulled open with a creak.
N-COUNT
creak
Anything old, outdated, in poor working condition, or assembled improperly.
Can also be referred to as creaker.
This 14.4 baud modem is total creak. OR What a creaker!
Can also be referred to as creaker.
This 14.4 baud modem is total creak. OR What a creaker!
Creak
·vt To produce a creaking sound with.
II. Creak ·noun The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
III. Creak ·vi To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
Examples of use of Creak
1. "Who‘s that?" Negroponte said, calling out to a creak on the stairs.
2. "You can hear the creak of the drawbridge being pulled up," Bunting wrote.
3. And when the oil is used up, the wheels begin to creak – and then stop.
4. She grabbed her desk, and then heard the ceiling panels start to creak.
5. Things will start to creak and the impact will be on the acute sector.