Meaning of "creak" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CREAK

Variant of croak, of imitative origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CREAK

creak  [kriːk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CREAK

Creak is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb creak in English.

WHAT DOES CREAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of creak in the English dictionary

The first definition of creak in the dictionary is to make or cause to make a harsh squeaking sound. Other definition of creak is to make such sounds while moving. Creak is also a harsh squeaking sound.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CREAK

PRESENT

Present

I creak

you creak

he/she/it creaks

we creak

you creak

they creak

Present continuous

I am creaking

you are creaking

he/she/it is creaking

we are creaking

you are creaking

they are creaking

Present perfect

I have creaked

you have creaked

he/she/it has creaked

we have creaked

you have creaked

they have creaked

Present perfect continuous

I have been creaking

you have been creaking

he/she/it has been creaking

we have been creaking

you have been creaking

they have been creaking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I creaked

you creaked

he/she/it creaked

we creaked

you creaked

they creaked

Past continuous

I was creaking

you were creaking

he/she/it was creaking

we were creaking

you were creaking

they were creaking

Past perfect

I had creaked

you had creaked

he/she/it had creaked

we had creaked

you had creaked

they had creaked

Past perfect continuous

I had been creaking

you had been creaking

he/she/it had been creaking

we had been creaking

you had been creaking

they had been creaking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will creak

you will creak

he/she/it will creak

we will creak

you will creak

they will creak

Future continuous

I will be creaking

you will be creaking

he/she/it will be creaking

we will be creaking

you will be creaking

they will be creaking

Future perfect

I will have creaked

you will have creaked

he/she/it will have creaked

we will have creaked

you will have creaked

they will have creaked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been creaking

you will have been creaking

he/she/it will have been creaking

we will have been creaking

you will have been creaking

they will have been creaking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would creak

you would creak

he/she/it would creak

we would creak

you would creak

they would creak

Conditional continuous

I would be creaking

you would be creaking

he/she/it would be creaking

we would be creaking

you would be creaking

they would be creaking

Conditional perfect

I would have creak

you would have creak

he/she/it would have creak

we would have creak

you would have creak

they would have creak

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been creaking

you would have been creaking

he/she/it would have been creaking

we would have been creaking

you would have been creaking

they would have been creaking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you creak
we let´s creak
you creak

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to creak

Past participle

creaked

Present Participle

creaking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CREAK»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «creak» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of creak

grate · grind · groan · rasp · scrape · scratch · screech · squeak · squeal

TRANSLATION OF CREAK

Find out the translation of creak to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of creak from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «creak» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 嘎吱作响
• Translator English - Spanish: crujir
• English: creak
• Translator English - Hindi: चरमराहट
• Translator English - Arabic: صرير
• Translator English - Russian: скрип
• Translator English - Portuguese: ranger
• Translator English - Bengali: কড়্কড়্ শব্দ
• Translator English - French: grincer
• Translator English - Malay: Berderai
• Translator English - German: knarren
• Translator English - Japanese: きしる
• Translator English - Korean: 삐걱거리다
• Translator English - Javanese: Creak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cót két
• Translator English - Tamil: பிளந்துபோய்
• Translator English - Marathi: करकर अहे
• Translator English - Turkish: gıcırtı
• Translator English - Italian: scricchiolare
• Translator English - Polish: Skrzyp
• Translator English - Ukrainian: скрип
• Translator English - Romanian: scârțâit
• Translator English - Greek: τρίζει
• Translator English - Afrikaans: kraak
• Translator English - Swedish: knaka
• Translator English - Norwegian: knirke

QUOTES WITH «CREAK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word creak.

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Nikos Kazantzakis

All my life, I struggled to stretch my mind to the breaking point, until it began to creak, in order to create a great thought which might be able to give a new meaning to life, a new meaning to death, and to console mankind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CREAK»

Discover the use of creak in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to creak and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Creak! Said the Bed

In the middle of a dark, stormy night, one child, then another, then a third wake their mother and ask to climb into the bed, but when the last member of the family arrives Papa declares there is no more room.

Phyllis Root, 2010

Cock-A-Doodle Doo, Creak, Pop-Pop, Moo

Lyrical text and beautiful art celebrate work, play, family, food, and farm life!

Jim Aylesworth, 2013

Eek! Creak! Snicker, Sneak

Bugbear and Bugaboo are creatures who like to play scary tricks on children, until the night they get scared themselves.

Rhonda Gowler Greene, 2002

CREAK, THUMP, BONK!

Children prowl about the house at night in search of the origin of scary night noises.

Susan L. Roth, 1995

The Civil Service Orthography: A Handy Book of English ...

Creak, V. Creek, .«. To make a harsh noise. A bay, a small opening. Creak spell with a, a harsh, discordant noise ; For creek, a bay, two e's that creek employs. EXERCISE. The water in this creek was too shallow for boats. ' Creak, creak, creak ...

E. S. H. Bagnold, 1870

A letter to the Protestant dissenters of South Creak ... on ...

33. 28. Though I have the satisfaction to find my en. deavors were not altogether lost, in regard to a few individuals, there is one thing in'. re, which, 1 am sorry to say, many of you have to prove, namely, What consistency there is between ...

Luke Kirby, 1813

Creak: The Last Living Terror Bird

I see "Creak: The Last Living Terror Bird" as a natural marriage between my previous sculpted animal forms and my desire to create movement in real time.

Jeffrey Robert McGee, 2009

The Civil service orthography, by E.S.H.B.

Creak, v. To make a harsh noise. Creek, s. A bay, a small opening. Creak spell with a, a harsh, discordant noise ; For creek, a bay, two e's that creek employs. EXERCISE. The water in this creek was too shallow for boats. ' Creak, creak, creak ...

E S H. Bagnold, 1870

Supercontemplations

... break break creak creak creak latch latch latch creak creak CREAK latch latch LATCH latch latch CREAK creak creak latch latch latch creak creak creak snake snake snake patch patch patch snake snake snake PATCH patch patch PATCH ...

John O'Loughlin, 2010

Reluctant Messiah

Creak-creak- creak. He could make out little Miryam's mat. Creak-creak-creak. Aha – in front of the parents' bed a screen was standing, that mysterious wooden screen whose purpose he had never understood. Creak- creak-creak. Now he ...

Trevor Steele, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CREAK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term creak is used in the context of the following news items.

Beware snap-back

“After about 10 minutes, one of the spring lines began to rattle and creak, and then suddenly parted,” it added. The lines were five years old. «TradeWinds, Jul 15»

10 Fighters Who Worked with Legendary Trainer Emanuel Steward

Born in Bottom Creak, West Virginia, but raised in Detroit, he enjoyed a successful amateur career that included winning a National Golden ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»

Dig in to decades of recordings, photos and more from folklorist Bill …

And here's the Foster family singing gospel songs in their home in August 1967. You can hear the creak and scrape of chairs on the wood floor. «The Independent Weekly, Jul 15»

'Star Wars' Darth Vader adopts a highway in Virginia

WTEN in Blacksburg reports a sign on U.S. highway 460 near the Toms Creak Road Bridge says the highway was adopted by none other than ... «WJLA, Jul 15»

Fair Share? The Sharing Economy Goes Global

As the cogs of government crank and creak to consider litigation and legislation, the companies themselves seem intent to jack open the legal ... «World Politics Review, Jul 15»

EE Harrier Mini budget 4G phone review: Superb value at £99

The slightly curved rear is a good fit for the palm, and it doesn't creak under pressure. You can prise off this panel to reveal microSD and SIM ... «PC Advisor, Jul 15»

Amarillo area gets yearly total for rainfall in July

"All it takes is a foot or two of floating water to sweep a car off a road and into a ditch or creak,” Kersh said. Kersh said this comes days after ... «ConnectAmarillo.com powered by KVII, Jul 15»

Vodafone Smart Ultra 6 first impressions

It's made from plastic, feels solid in the hand and doesn't flex or creak. Given the handset's price tag, the fact it doesn't appear to have any ... «Android Authority, Jul 15»

​Summer outdoor theatre beckons with three chances to enjoy …

There's nothing so romantic as the creak in the moonlight of a chequebook opening." The action centres on miserly widower and gold merchant ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»

Review: BlackBerry Leap

Even if you apply pressure, the phone does not creak. For a 5-inch phone, it is quite hefty at 170 grams. But then, that's fine for a sturdy phone. «ABP Live, Jul 15»