creak

Meanings

Plural: creaks

Noun

a squeaking sound
- "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Verb

make a high-pitched, screeching noise
- "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"
To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
To produce a creaking sound with.
To suffer from strain or old age.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin.
Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.

Synonyms

creaking, screak, screech, skreak, squeak, whine

Scrabble Score: 11

creak is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
creak is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
creak is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

creak is a valid Words With Friends word