Creak

//kɹiːk//

Synonyms for "creak" (36 found)

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Closest matches (8)

squeak caterwaul chirk chirking chirp chirrup crick

Noun(1 words)

creaking

Strong matches (10)

Verb(4 words)

crisp moan screak screech

howl keen pipe screak scream screech

Related words (18)

shriek shrill skirl skreigh squawk squeal stridulate stridulation ululate ululation wail whine whistle wrawl yammer

Verb(3 words)

skreak squeak whine

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

make noise noise resound

Synonyms

1 entries

squeak

derived

7 entries

a creaking door hangs long on its hinges a creaking door hangs longest acreak creaker creakingly creakless creaky

etymologically related_to

1 entries

crack

is a

1 entries

noise

related to

3 entries

friction grate squeak

Translations

110 translations across 29 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

krisëm noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
kris verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Arabic

2 entries

زَيَّقَ verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
صَرَّ verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Armenian

2 entries

ճռալ verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
ճռճռալ verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Bulgarian

4 entries

скрибуцане noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
скърцане noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
скрибуцам verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
скърцам verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

吱吱 noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
吱呀 noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
呀 noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
咯吱 noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)

Czech

4 entries

skřípot noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
skřípání noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
skřípění noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
vrzání noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)

Danish

2 entries

knagen noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
knirken noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)

Dutch

1 entries

krassen verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Esperanto

3 entries

knaro noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
grinci verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
knari verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Finnish

4 entries

kitinä noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
narina noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
natina noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
kitistä verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

French

2 entries

craquement noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
craquer verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Galician

4 entries

chirlo noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
renxemento noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
runxido noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
estarruñar verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

German

4 entries

Knarren noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
Quietschen noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
giire verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
knarren verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ʻeʻeʻina verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Hindi

1 entries

चरमराना verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Hungarian

4 entries

csikorgás noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
nyikorgás noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
reccsenés noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
recsegés noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)

Icelandic

1 entries

ískra verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Italian

3 entries

cric noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
scricchiolio noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
scricchiolare verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Japanese

2 entries

きいきい noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
軋む verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Latin

2 entries

crepitus noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
crepō verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Māori

4 entries

kekē verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
kokē verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
kongangi verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
ngakeke verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Old English

1 entries

þunian verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Polish

1 entries

trzeszczeć verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Portuguese

3 entries

rangido noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
ranger verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
rangir verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Romanian

2 entries

scârțâit noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
scârțâi verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Russian

4 entries

скри́п noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
скри́пнуть verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
скри́пнуть verb (to produce a creaking sound with)
скрипе́ть verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Spanish

4 entries

crujido noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
rechinido noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
chirriar verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
chirriar verb (to produce a creaking sound with)

Swedish

4 entries

knak noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
knarr noun (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking)
knaka verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
knarra verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Ukrainian

2 entries

рипіти verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)
скрипіти verb (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The floorboards creak a bit when you walk across them.

Source: tatoeba (1733809)

Tom turned around when he heard the floorboard creak.

Source: tatoeba (2401210)

East, West and squally South-west, with a roar, / swoop down on Ocean, and the surf and sand / mix in dark eddies, and the watery floor / heave from its depths, and roll huge billows to the shore. / Then come the creak of cables and the cries / of seamen.

Source: tatoeba (6779594)

When it's windy, the leaves of the old oak rustle and its branches creak.

Source: tatoeba (8928885)

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