verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of creak form-of, participle, past

   "The old wooden floor creaked as he paced across the room."

Synonyms

All synonyms

squeakcaterwaulchirkchirkingchirpchirrup

Example

More examples

"The floorboards in the abandoned house creaked when we stepped on them."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.