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Meanings of creaking in English

Portuguese
rangido
Catalan
cruixit

A squeaking sound.

rangido

Creaky.

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Examples for "creak"
Examples for "creak"
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
Usage of creaking in English
1
Below him the galleries were forsaken; they were creaking in the frost.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
2
A moment later I hear a creaking noise coming from next door.
Deadly little secret
3
There was no let-up in the steady creaking of the long sweep.
The Flaming Forest
4
Lying in bed, we heard the creaking of the beams and rafters.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 3
5
There came a great creaking from the ceiling, just above the windows.
The Magicians of Caprona
6
The regimental bands and the creaking wagons alone disturbed the utter silence.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
7
They heard the creaking of the doors behind which were the lions.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
8
The faint creaking of the shoes came ever louder down the wind.
The Silent Places
9
And right up there, their green, swaying, creaking arms build a roof.
The blood spilt
10
He let himself in and walked noiselessly up the creaking wooden stair.
"My Novel" — Volume 06
11
Davido could hear his voice creaking and cracking, straining to say something.
Tomato rhapsody: a fable of love, lust and forbidden fruit
12
Victarion could hear their hulls creaking as they settled on the sand.
A feast for crows
13
It was virtually one run a year and little bits were creaking.
The Guardian
14
Before them the giant ice-pans rose, crumbling and creaking in mad turmoil.
The Blue Envelope
15
For now he caught a faint and regular creaking of the stairs.
The Night Horseman
16
All was still, save a slight creaking of boughs in the wind.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 / A Magazin...
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Translations for creaking
Portuguese
rangido
Creaking through the time
Creaking across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common