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creakest | creakiest |

As a verb creakest

is archaic second-person singular of creak.

As an adjective creakiest is

superlative of creaky.

creakest

English

Verb

(head)
  • (creak)

  • creak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a prolonged sharp grating]] or [[squeak, 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, The Monkey's Paw):
  • He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.
  • To produce a creaking sound with.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry.
  • * 20th century , Theodore Roethke, On the Road to Woodlawn
  • I miss the polished brass, the powerful black horses,
    The drivers creaking the seats of the baroque hearses

    Derived terms

    * creaky

    creakiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (creaky)
  • Anagrams

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    creaky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Tending to creak
  • Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  • arthritic or rheumatic
  • (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.
  • creaky tone
    creaky voice

    Derived terms

    * creakiness