Creak

·vt To produce a creaking sound with.

II. Creak ·noun The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

III. Creak ·vi To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.

creak
a corn-creak, a land-rail ; so called from its creaking note, naturally imitated by scratching on th...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
creak
The straining noise made by timbers, cabin bulk-heads, and spars in rolling. ...

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