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creak

DEFINITIONS OF: creak

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v make a high-pitched, screeching noise

“The door creaked when I opened it slowly”
Synonyms:
screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine
Type of:
make noise, noise, resound
emit a noise

n a squeaking sound

“the creak of the floorboards gave him away”
Synonyms:
creaking
Type of:
noise
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
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