Lexic.us

Definition of Creaky

1. Adjective. Worn and broken down by hard use. "A woebegone old shack"

2. Adjective. Having a rasping or grating sound. "Creaky stairs"

3. Adjective. Of or pertaining to arthritis. "Rheumy with age and grief"

Definition of Creaky

1. Adjective. Tending to creak ¹

2. Adjective. Worn down by overuse; decrepit ¹

3. Adjective. arthritic or rheumatic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Creaky

1. creaking [adj CREAKIER, CREAKIEST] : CREAKILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Creaky

creagh creaghs creaght creaghts creak creaked creakier creakiest creakily creakiness

creakinesses creaking creakingly creakings creaks creaky (current term) cream-colored courser cream-of-tartar tree cream cake cream cakes

cream cheese cream corn cream cracker cream crackered cream of tartar cream of the crop cream off cream pie

Literary usage of Creaky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"Three hours later creaky and the Colonel might have been observed in a ... "Pete" inquired creaky suspiciously, "how come that parson to get away from you? ..."

2. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"The V is dropped following the context in which a native Burmese speaker would vary their pronunciation and end on either creaky tone or a glottal stop. ..."

3. Read & Understand Stories & Activities Grade 3 by Jo Ellen Moore (1997)
"Page 5 1. squeaky, creaky, shiny 2. leaky, brown 3. The shoes leaked. OR They were old and torn. 4. Answers will vary. Might include: They were more ..."

4. Building Fluency, Grade 2 by Compilation, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Gerald Tindal, Melanie Coon, Joy Evans, Marilyn Evans (2006)
"I liked / my old brown leaky shoes Much better / than these creaky shoes, / These shiny, / creaky, / squeaky shoes / I've got to wear today. ..."

5. The Speaker (1913)
"It made you forget the light was out, .ind there were queer, creaky night-noises all 'round your ... It was worse than creepy, creaky noises—mercy, yes! ..."

6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"Three hours later creaky and the Colonel might have been observed in a ... "Pete" inquired creaky suspiciously, "how come that parson to get away from you? ..."

7. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"The V is dropped following the context in which a native Burmese speaker would vary their pronunciation and end on either creaky tone or a glottal stop. ..."

8. Read & Understand Stories & Activities Grade 3 by Jo Ellen Moore (1997)
"Page 5 1. squeaky, creaky, shiny 2. leaky, brown 3. The shoes leaked. OR They were old and torn. 4. Answers will vary. Might include: They were more ..."

9. Building Fluency, Grade 2 by Compilation, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Gerald Tindal, Melanie Coon, Joy Evans, Marilyn Evans (2006)
"I liked / my old brown leaky shoes Much better / than these creaky shoes, / These shiny, / creaky, / squeaky shoes / I've got to wear today. ..."

10. The Speaker (1913)
"It made you forget the light was out, .ind there were queer, creaky night-noises all 'round your ... It was worse than creepy, creaky noises—mercy, yes! ..."

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