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

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  1. v. i. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
  2. v. t. To produce a creaking sound with.
  3. n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  4. n. a squeaking sound
  5. v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  6. To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak. The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden. Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson. To produce a creaking sound with. Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak. Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking. Roget.
  7. To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as bythe friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden.Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.
  8. n:32/v:68 n. a squeaking sound