creaky


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

Synonyms for creaky

worn and broken down by hard use

having a rasping or grating sound

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of or pertaining to arthritis

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Slammed for its "creaky, old design", a brand-new Matiz was given "don't buy" status by Which?, along with new Chrysler Voyagers and Dodge Calibers.
The predictable plot is as creaky as Clint's knees and the dialogue as weak as his eyesight.
We got a bit of a shock and had to step it up a gear as we are all getting on a bit and have dodgy, creaky knees.
It has all the rhythm of a creaky wagon with a loose wheel that needs a drop of oil.
Officers had asked for funds to fix their creaky radio system - and longterm sanitation problems.
As you get older, all sorts of physical things happen that you have to learn to cope with - creaky legs, creaky feet and my hearing is getting very bad.
They're after some magic chalk, but honestly, this is not about the creaky plot - it's about watching crows turn into men, cars drive up buildings, and subtitles with more imagination than 90 per cent of films.
But as posh nosh they are heaven on a plate and best avoided on a menu if your bank balance is creaky.
Signing up Melvyn Bragg to recreate his creaky old Radio 4 show on TV and, better still, spending millions on booking the even creakier Richard and Judy (who shakes so much these days I suspect that the Institute of Metal Fatigue uses her corkscrews for research).
The creaky equipment of the legal process may be open to all kinds of abuse by those who seek to manipulate the rules.
As he tries to pitch the perfect game with a creaky elbow, he flashes back to his on-off relationship with Jane (Kelly Preston), who's about to fly out of his life to a new job in London.
And Germany's former Sunderland defender Thomas Helmer has gone even further, branding Paul Ince "too slow" and the Neville brothers "creaky", while injured German skipper Oliver Bierhoff claimed: "England are in disarray."
'Our creaky infrastructure, from ports to roads, make doing business in the Philippines costly and inefficient.
Screenwriters Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis unpick a gossamer-thin narrative thread to connect this creaky instalment.
It's not just the creaky knees or the occasional forgotten name but more the passing stars from TV shows of our youth.