creak : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: creak	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for creak
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
creak n a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away" Synonym(s): creak, creaking v make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise" Synonym(s): whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak
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]:
Creak \Creak\, v. t. To produce a creaking sound with. Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Creak \Creak\ (kr[emac]k), n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. --Roget.