The floorboards creak a bit when you walk across them.
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Creak
/kɹiːk/
Synonyms for "creak" (56 found)
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9 entriesbridge creakcompliance creakdoor creakfloorboard creakhinge creakinfrastructure creaklumbering movementprocurement creakslow progression
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8 entriescreaking floorboardcreaking hingescreaky doordoor creakfloorboard creakhigh pitched creakhinge creaktimber creak
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Tom turned around when he heard the floorboard creak.
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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.
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When it's windy, the leaves of the old oak rustle and its branches creak.
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