creak


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Synonyms for creak

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for creak

a squeaking sound

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make a high-pitched, screeching noise

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References in classic literature ?
'What did I tell you about making me creak the door?
She paused here, but though the door creaked more than once, Mrs Quilp said nothing.
only give it to me--and my boots shall creak like the golden Papa's, with a sense of the overpowering richness of the man who walks in them!
As I asked myself these questions his match flared in the hall; in another moment the stairs were creaking under his feet, even as they had creaked under those of the murderer; and the humane instinct that inspired him in defiance of his risk was borne in also upon my slower sensibilities.
But make haste -- I cannot stay here all day." Other footsteps, going and coming, were now heard, and a moment afterwards the noise of rustling canvas reached Dantes' ears, the bed creaked, and the heavy footfall of a man who lifts a weight sounded on the floor; then the bed again creaked under the weight deposited upon it.
You who gave me your heart -- The chariot creaks to depart.
So Paul, 45, created Stop Creak spray, by mixing a compound in Teflon with acrylic fluid.
Our wooden stairs really creak. Before our carpet was fitted, I screwed down the loose boards and the stairs were good to use but they are back to creaking and squeaking again and there is little access underneath to fix it.
Ann Crane AIF the boards creak but are otherwise solid, the easiest way is to pour talcum powder between them.
Creak's crew again includes regulars Jim and Andrew Lelliott.
By Simon Creak. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015.
AN earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 shook windows and caused walls to creak when it struck in the middle of the night in Kent.
"I just slid under the car for a minute and that's when I heard the creak. I knew instantly what had happened.
"I am not sure whether the creak and the fall were at the same time," she said.