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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a squeaking sound;
- Example: "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
[syn: creak, creaking]


VERB (1)

1. make a high-pitched, screeching noise;
- Example: "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"
- Example: "My car engine makes a whining noise"
[syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Creak \Creak\ (kr[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked (kr[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. [1913 Webster] The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Doors upon their hinges creaked. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Creak \Creak\, v. t. To produce a creaking sound with. [1913 Webster] Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Creak \Creak\ (kr[=e]k), n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. --Roget. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

creak n 1: a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" [syn: creak, creaking] v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "creak": 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