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Meanings of creak in English

Catalan
garranyigar
Spanish
crujir

Make a high-pitched, screeching noise.

        garranyigar
        Portuguese
        rangido
        Catalan
        cruixit

        A squeaking sound.

              rangido
              Usage of creak in English
              1
              The other yawl and its tackle roll and creak in the gale.
              David Lockwin—The People's Idol
              2
              Exactly half an hour after they had retired she heard a creak.
              The new yorker
              3
              The gate was turning upon its hinges; I could hear it creak.
              Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
              4
              I'm freezing, James said, lowering the casket's lid with another long creak.
              James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
              5
              The trawler shifted in the water, and I heard netting creak overhead.
              Broken angels
              6
              Moments later, Annie hears the door to her parents' room creak open.
              By reason of insanity
              7
              In about half-an-hour the bombax began to creak and lean a little.
              The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
              8
              Every creak in the beams of his wooden kitchen startled his soul.
              Fort Desolation: Red Indians and Fur Traders of Rupert's Land
              9
              Felt the creak of the bed as he stepped up on it.
              Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
              10
              It was the Chancellor who spoke first, in his high rasping creak.
              The Black Douglas
              11
              I'd heard the front stoop creak, and instantly knew who had come.
              Nemesis
              12
              He leaned forward slowly again, producing another long creak from his chair.
              James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
              13
              The roof began to strain and creak ominously beneath the great weight.
              The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kent...
              14
              There was a long creak as the room nearly doubled in length.
              James Potter and the Morrigan Web
              15
              She could hear the creak of his HE suit going back on.
              The truth of valor
              16
              There was a creak at the top of the pile-driver, and then-
              The Wolf's Long Howl
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              Translations for creak
              Portuguese
              rangido
              Creak through the time
              Creak across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Common