Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

Displaying 3 result(s) from the 1913 edition:

Creak (Page: 341)

Creak (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. kreiken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking 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.

Creak (Page: 341)

Creak, v. t. To produce a creaking sound with.

Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak.

Creak (Page: 341)

Creak (kr?k), n. Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking. Roget.

Displaying 1 result(s) from the 1828 edition:

CREAK, v.i. [L., Gr., to comb, scrape, rake; to cry.] To make a sharp harsh grating sound, of some continuance, as by the friction of hard substances. Thus, the hinge of a door creaks in turning; a tight firm shoe creaks in walking, by the friction of the leather.