Definizione monolingua

creak

creak (third-person singular simple present creaks, present participle creaking, simple past and past participle creaked)

1. (intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.
   • 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter 10:

     Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up.

   • 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkeys Paw:

     He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkeys paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.

2. (transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.

creak (plural creaks)

1. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

Definizione dizionario creak

	cric
	the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking

cigolare

cigolio

cigolìo

digrignare

scricchiolare

scricchiolio

stridere

stridìo

Altri significati:

(transitive) To produce a creaking sound with.

(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.

to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound