Word

creak, v.
(creaked, creaking, creaks)
freq. cnt. 9

make a high-pitched, screeching noise
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3

creak screak screech skreak squeak whine

sample sentences

"The door creaked when I opened it slowly"
"My car engine makes a whining noise"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
The doors %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Cars %s in the streets
The streets %s with cars

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Cars %s in the streets
The streets %s with cars

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Cars %s in the streets
The streets %s with cars

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Cars %s in the streets
The streets %s with cars

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

creaking creak

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

screeching screech

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

squeaker squeak

semantic pointers

hypernym

make noise, resound, noise