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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Creak

/(krēk)/ · IPA /kɹiːk/
01 v. i. To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
imp. & p. p. Creaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking
  1. 1.
    To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
    “The creaking locusts with my voice conspire.” — Dryden.
    “Doors upon their hinges creaked.” — Tennyson.
02 v. t. To produce a creaking sound with.
  1. 1.
    To produce a creaking sound with.
    “Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.” — Shak.
03 n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  1. 1.
    The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.