adj
Meaning 1
Tending to creak.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
creaky
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkɹiːki/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -iːki
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homophone: creeky
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CMU ARPABET: K R IY1 K IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Worn down by overuse; decrepit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
arthritic or rheumatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- creaky tone
- creaky voice
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of or pertaining to arthritis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- my creaky old joints
- rheumy with age and grief
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arthritic, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having a rasping or grating sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- creaky stairs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: screaky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
worn and broken down by hard use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a creaky shack
- a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape
- a flea-bitten sofa
- a run-down neighborhood
- a woebegone old shack
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English creak Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English creaky From creak + -y.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: скърцащ (skǎrcašt) — tending to creak
- Bulgarian: скрибуцащ (skribucašt) — tending to creak
- Finnish: natiseva — tending to creak
- French: gémissant — tending to creak
- French: grinçant — tending to creak
- German: knarrend — tending to creak
- German: quietschend — tending to creak
- Hungarian: csikorgó — tending to creak
- Hungarian: csikorgós — tending to creak
- Hungarian: nyikorgó — tending to creak
- Hungarian: nyikorgós — tending to creak
- Hungarian: recsegő — tending to creak
- Hungarian: recsegős — tending to creak
- Portuguese: quebrável — tending to creak
- Portuguese: quebradiço — tending to creak
- Russian: скрипу́чий (skripúčij) — tending to creak
- Spanish: rechinador — tending to creak
- Spanish: rechinante — tending to creak
- Swedish: knarrande — tending to creak
- Hungarian: rozzant — worn down by overuse; decrepit
- Hungarian: lepusztult — worn down by overuse; decrepit
- Hungarian: ósdi — worn down by overuse; decrepit
- Finnish: nariseva — (linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds
- Hungarian: csikorgó — (linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds
- Hungarian: recsegő — (linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds
- Hungarian: érdes — (linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds
- Hungarian: rekedtes — (linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds
- Hungarian: nyikorgó — (linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds