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🔊 To make a noise 🔊 A squeaking sound
to creak

to creak

61 2.9
To make a high, squeaking sound when moved or pressed
  • verb
  • /kriːk/
: crujir
  • The old floorboards creak with each heavy step.

So overall, the elections are going to, you know, 'cause that transatlantic bridge to creak just a little bit.

Examples

  • The ancient floorboards of Schloss Leopoldskron creak in response to my weight.

    Academic text (1998)

  • At one instant, while Ledoux remains motionless, the wooden floor creaks under his weight.

    Academic text (1998)

  • My boy, It makes weird noises when you hold it, like it kind of creaks sometimes.

  • If we had a good year, the table would be piled so high with food... that you could hear the joints creak.

    Battle Hymn (1957)

  • The low angle shows us the tree behind Tom, its branches still creaking in the wind.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • "The back of the seat responded to my slight start with a creaking noise."

    Fiction book (1991)

  • After a few hours of video games and cheap Merlot, the boys heard the upstairs garage door creak open and then slam shut.

  • I could still hear the floorboards creak downstairs very very lightly, as if someone was trying to tiptoe but was unable to.

  • Then a silence fell; the old chairs creaked and sighed as they shifted their weight.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • As she walked across the room, the floorboards began to creak under her weight.

Synonyms

to screech
vsto creak
70 4.0

To make a loud, high, sharp sound that startles people

is harsher but more often comes from movement or pressure
to squeak
vsto creak
61 1.4

To make a short high sound when things move or rub together

is usually longer and harsher when something moves under pressure
to scroop
vsto creak
  • UK
1 9.9

To make a crisp rustling sound when fabric moves

is broader and applies to sounds from many surfaces under pressure
to chirk
vsto creak
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To make a high sharp squeaking sound like a mouse or an old door

is often the same noise but comes from pressure on hard parts
to screak
vsto creak
  • UK
1 9.9

To make a short, high, harsh sound like an owl or old gate

occurs especially when something moves or pressure is applied
to skreak
vsto creak
1 9.9

To make a loud, high, harsh sound like a scream

is more commonly caused by objects moved or squeezed

How Loud

to shriek
69 2.9
to groan
322 1.6
to creak
61 2.9
to squeak
61 1.4
rustle
10 4.4

Surface Forms

creak infinitive
creaked past
creaked past participle
creaking present participle
creaks third person singular

Etymology

Creak comes from a very old word that copies the sound something makes when it moves, and it is like the word squeak which also copies a small, sharp noise. So to creak is to make that 'sharp, high sound' when a door, chair, or floorboard moves.