CREAK


Meaning of CREAK in English

/ kriːk; NAmE / verb , noun

■ verb

to make the sound that a door sometimes makes when you open it or that a wooden floor sometimes makes when you step on it :

[ v ]

She heard a floorboard creak upstairs.

a creaking bed / gate / stair

The table creaked and groaned under the weight.

[ v - adj ]

The door creaked open.

IDIOMS

- creak under the strain

■ noun

[ C ] (also creak·ing [ U , C ]) 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.

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English (as a verb in the sense croak ): imitative.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.