creak
noun/kriːk/
/kriːk/
[countable] (also creaking [uncountable, countable])
- a sound, for example that sometimes made by a door when it opens or shuts, or by a wooden floor when you step on it
- the creak/creaking of the door
- Distant creaks and groans echoed eerily along the dark corridors.
- The gate swung open with a creak.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loud
- slight
- give
- hear
- with a creak
- creak of
- the creak of a floorboard, door, etc.
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb in the sense ‘croak’): imitative.
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