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creak

noun

1 creak

A squeaking sound:
— The creak of the floorboards gave him away.

synonym: creaking.

Roget 410: creak etc. v.; creaking etc. v.; discord, etc. 414; stridor; roughness, sharpness, etc. adj.; ... show more

verb

1 creak

Make a high-pitched, screeching noise:
— The door creaked when I opened it slowly.

synonyms: screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine.

Roget 410: creak, grate, jar, burr, pipe, twang, jangle, clank, clink; scream etc. (cry) 411; ... show more


Moby thesaurus: caterwaul, chirk, chirking, chirp, chirrup, crick, howl, keen, pipe, screak, scream, screech, shriek, shrill, skirl, skreigh, squawk, squeak, squeal, stridulate ... show more.

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