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🔊 To make a noise 🔊 A squeaking sound
creak

creak

31 2.7
A high, squeaking sound made when a door or floorboard moves
  • noun
  • /kriːk/
translation icon : crujido
  • From the other room, we hear the creak of bedsprings and the sounds of bedclothes being torn off.
  • hear the creak
  • creaks and groans
  • creak of a floorboard

And we're like creeping through, creeping through, making little creaks, nothing.

Examples

  • Tessa and Perin stood and listened to the creak of the stairs beneath Dalka's bulk.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The hum of pipes, the creaks of bricks and mortar settling.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Through the wall, I could hear the bed creak as she got into it.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We hear horses, and the creak of a carriage approaching.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • I heard the house waking, the creak of beds, the shuffle of footsteps.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • God is merciful: I heard the creak of oarlocks and saw water splashing behind me.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • "Before I could think of a wise reply, we all heard the stair creak beneath an abnormally heavy step.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Temple watched dully, listening to the creaks and groans of the heavy wagon.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Maybe they'll even build in the creaks, pops, and hums you hear at a real observatory.

    Academic text (1996)

  • As she walked across the old wooden floor, I heard a loud creak echo through the room.

Synonyms

creaking
vscreak
42 3.4

A long high sound that things make when they move or bend

is a shorter harsh sound caused by sudden movement or strain
squeak
vscreak
22 1.9

A short high sound that things make when they move or rub

lasts longer and often sounds harsher when movement causes strain

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

How Loud

shriek
43 2.7
to groan
195 1.6
creak
31 2.7
squeak
22 1.9
rustle
12 4.4

Surface Forms

creak singular
creaks plural

Etymology

Creak comes from a word that names the sound itself, like squeak, and it was made to copy the noise of wood or metal moving slowly. So a creak is the 'sharp, high noise' you hear from a door, floorboard, or hinge.