creaking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: creaking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for creaking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
creaking n a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" Synonym(s): creak, creaking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Creak \Creak\ (kr[emac]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Creaked} (kr[emac]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. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. --Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Creaking \Creak"ing\, n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound. Start not at the creaking of the door. --Longfellow.