Meaning

4 senses
  1. Tending to creak.

    knarrend, quietschend

    скрипу́чийskripúčij

  2. Worn down by overuse; decrepit.

    worn and broken down by hard use

  3. Arthritic or rheumatic.

  4. Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.

    creaky tone

    creaky voice

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Lukas went down the creaky steps.

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  2. Yanni is walking up the creaky steps.

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  3. Tobias heard the creaky fence being pushed.

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  4. The floors were creaky.

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  5. These stairs are creaky.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
tending to creak:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tending to creak:

Forms

creakier, creakiest
Comparativecreakier Lesson
Superlativecreakiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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