Creak
[kriːk] or [krik]
Definition
(noun.) a squeaking sound; 'the creak of the floorboards gave him away'.
Edited by Ellis--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
(v. t.) To produce a creaking sound with.
(n.) The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
Editor: Luke
Definition
v.i. to make a sharp grating sound as of a hinge &c.—n. a grating noise as of an unoiled hinge.—adv. Creak′ily.—adj. Creak′y.
Typed by Brooke
Examples
- He heard the noise of a carbine scabbard slapping loosely and the creak of leather. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But in no more than a minute or two the stairs creak and Tony comes swiftly back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Finally there was a creak from a chair, and the footsteps ceased. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This time his skill was greater or his tool was better, for there was a sudden snap and the creak of the hinges. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Her shoes did NOT creak. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The Count went back under the verandah--I heard the chair creak beneath his weight as he sat down in it again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They creaked under his weight--it was exasperating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The chair below suddenly creaked again--I felt the trellis-work pillar under me shake from top to bottom. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The chair creaked, and the pillar shook once more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Louis, who was looking at her (which I was not), says she creaked when she curtseyed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Something creaked: it was a door ajar; and that door was Mr. Rochester's, and the smoke rushed in a cloud from thence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- For a thousand years the Chinese system, though it creaked and swayed at times, seemed proof against decay. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And Jos creaked up the stairs to bedward, followed by Kirsch with a flambeau. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The oak staircase creaks somewhat as I descend, but not much:--I am in the carré. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I heard a step in the lane while you were talking; and is not that the garden-gate which creaks? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When I awoke, the wind had risen, and the sign of the house (the Ship) was creaking and banging about, with noises that startled me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In a few minutes after, I heard the creaking of my door, as if some one endeavoured to open it softly. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- As for hindrance to this step, there offered not so much as a creaking hinge or a clicking latch. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Then I heard a gentle creaking as the window was very slowly opened. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mrs. Snagsby is so perpetually on the alert that the house becomes ghostly with creaking boards and rustling garments. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The creaking of the masts, the clang of the wheels, the tramp above, all persuaded her that she was already far from the shores of Greece. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I like the wind in the high trees and the creaking they make against each other. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Edited by Abraham