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BNC: 16400 COCA: 12483

creak

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
creak /ˈkriːk/ verb
creaks; creaked; creaking
creak
/ˈkriːk/
verb
creaks; creaked; creaking
Learner's definition of CREAK
[no object]
: to make a long, high sound : to make a sound like the sound made by an old door when it opens or closes嘎吱作响

— creak

noun, plural creaks [count]
BNC: 16400 COCA: 12483

creak

1 of 2

verb

creaked; creaking; creaks

intransitive verb

: to make a prolonged grating or squeaking sound often as a result of being worn-out
also : to proceed slowly with or as if with creaking wheels
the story creaks along to a dull conclusion

creak

2 of 2

noun

: a rasping or grating noise

Example Sentences

Verb The old floorboards creaked under our feet. The porch roof creaked with the heavy weight of the snow. Noun the creak of a floorboard
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
If the piece is in good condition, the arm won’t wobble or creak. Washington Post, 3 May 2022 The aging boards still creak as people walk along the porch to the front door. Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2022 Faced with harsh economic and diplomatic wounds, Russia will start to creak and crumble, and before long its citizens will grow weary of his sclerotic, autocratic governance. Jack Devine, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2022 The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow. Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022 Thad Young rose from the bench midway through the second quarter in Milwaukee and spectators in the front row at Fiserv Forum could almost hear his knees creak. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Nov. 2021 If using flower pots: Start by elevating the pots on bricks to creak airflow from the bottom. San Antonio Express-News, 11 Oct. 2021 But what will happen when its windows grow dark, the paint starts to crumble, and its boards creak in the winter wind? Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2021 But over the coming weeks, many of these workplaces will creak slowly back to life. Emily Anthes, New York Times, 11 June 2021
Noun
In any case, my first guess creak (as in the door creaked rather than the cool, winding creek) actually ended up being a great opener. Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 July 2022 An iceberg splits with the same yawning creak as a tree beginning its fall to earth. Greg Noone, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2020 Less impressive was our tester’s often brittle, fidgety ride and the occasional creak and groan from the body over particularly nasty Milanese ruts and potholes. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2022 The room was silent — no beating hearts, ticking clocks or gnostic ravens — except for the creak of a chair and the soft flutter of a turning page. Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2022 This heated creak, warmed to around 85 degrees Fahrenheit by a natural subterranean spring, puts swimmers in the thick of the North Island's wilderness, from the lush jungle backdrops to a waterfall gently cascading into the creek. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2021 But good sound design requires more than just the ability to re-create the creak of a door hinge or the bustle and clatter of a lunch counter. Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2021 Always there’s noise — the creak of the shifting glacier, the push of the steady wind, the crack of trees snapping in the deep freeze. Laura Manske, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021 Whenever someone hears a floorboard creak, Michael's in the house. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English creken to croak, of imitative origin

First Known Use

Verb

1583, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1604, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of creak was in 1583
BNC: 16400 COCA: 12483
creak

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CREAK | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEloud很響的嘎吱聲slight輕輕的嘎吱聲VERB + CREAKgive發出嘎吱聲The gate gave a loud creak as he pushed it open.他推開門時,大門嘎吱嘎吱響了起來。hear聽到嘎吱聲PREPOSITIONwith a creak嘎吱一聲The gate swung open with a creak.大門嘎吱一聲開了。creak of⋯的嘎吱聲PHRASESthe creak of a floorboard, door, etc.地板、門等的嘎吱聲 note at sound
creak

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBloudly大聲地嘎吱作響slightly輕微地嘎吱作響slowly緩慢地嘎吱作響PREPOSITIONunder因⋯嘎吱作響The chair creaked under his weight.椅子被他壓得嘎吱作響。PHRASEScreak and groan嘎吱嘎吱作響The ice creaked and groaned underfoot.腳下的冰嘎吱作響。creak open嘎吱一聲開了The door creaked open an inch.門嘎吱一聲開了一條縫兒。

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