Creaky
adjective
Making a harsh, high-pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied.
The old wooden chair is creaky every time I sit on it.
Often appears as...
- creaky door
- creaky floor
adjective
Not strong or solid; ready to break or fall apart.
The creaky bridge felt unsafe to cross.
Often appears as...
- creaky bridge
- creaky structure
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Old and no longer working well.
My creaky old laptop takes forever to start up.
Often appears as...
- creaky knees
- creaky machinery
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Making a harsh, high-pitched sound when being moved or when pressure or weight is applied.
The old wooden chair is creaky every time I sit on it.
Often appears as...
- creaky door
- creaky floor
adjective
Not strong or solid; ready to break or fall apart.
The creaky bridge felt unsafe to cross.
Often appears as...
- creaky bridge
- creaky structure
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Old and no longer working well.
My creaky old laptop takes forever to start up.
Often appears as...
- creaky knees
- creaky machinery
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sound Dependent
Use 'creaky' to describe sounds typically associated with age or lack of lubrication in objects.
She slowly opened the creaky gate to enter the garden.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Sounds
'Creaky' often refers to common household noises that may need fixing.
Every night, the creaky stairs reminded him to get them repaired.
Pro Tip 3/3Indicative of Age
'Creaky' suggests something is old and may evoke a feeling of nostalgia or the need for replacement.
The creaky rocking chair was her grandmother's favorite.
Pro Tip 1/3Sound Dependent
Use 'creaky' to describe sounds typically associated with age or lack of lubrication in objects.
She slowly opened the creaky gate to enter the garden.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Sounds
'Creaky' often refers to common household noises that may need fixing.
Every night, the creaky stairs reminded him to get them repaired.
Pro Tip 3/3Indicative of Age
'Creaky' suggests something is old and may evoke a feeling of nostalgia or the need for replacement.
The creaky rocking chair was her grandmother's favorite.
Pro Tip 1/3Sound Dependent
Use 'creaky' to describe sounds typically associated with age or lack of lubrication in objects.
She slowly opened the creaky gate to enter the garden.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Sounds
'Creaky' often refers to common household noises that may need fixing.
Every night, the creaky stairs reminded him to get them repaired.
Pro Tip 3/3Indicative of Age
'Creaky' suggests something is old and may evoke a feeling of nostalgia or the need for replacement.
The creaky rocking chair was her grandmother's favorite.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
yes hello to you too he getting stuffed at the moment we had a trunk out and was just saying I love creaky so hello everybody in how he is being rather on the friendly side there's quite a few of them actually here see there's another three up further closer towards where Connors
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The gospel of doubt PIPE...
on the last night of our lives. Packed into a room just like this, but with creaky wooden pews draped in worn-down red fabric, with an organ to my left and a choir at my back and a baptism pool built into the wall behind them.
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Why haven’t we cured...
While regaling you with daring stories from her youth, it might be hard to believe your grandmother used to be a trapeze artist. However, the bad backs, elbow pain, and creaky knees so common in older people
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 11 PIPE...
yes hello to you too he getting stuffed at the moment we had a trunk out and was just saying I love creaky so hello everybody in how he is being rather on the friendly side there's quite a few of them actually here see there's another three up further closer towards where Connors
Video examples
The gospel of doubt PIPE...
on the last night of our lives. Packed into a room just like this, but with creaky wooden pews draped in worn-down red fabric, with an organ to my left and a choir at my back and a baptism pool built into the wall behind them.
Video examples
Why haven’t we cured...
While regaling you with daring stories from her youth, it might be hard to believe your grandmother used to be a trapeze artist. However, the bad backs, elbow pain, and creaky knees so common in older people
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Quote examples
Michael Bay
American Director
There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little wheelie guy, he's not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff - this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it.
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Travis Knight
American Producer
This medium of stop-motion, it can be much more than it's been kind of defined as - it's not just a creaky and anachronistic way of making films, it actually is a very vital art form that can do wonderful things if put in the right hands.
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Alex Pareene
American Writer
For the most part, congressional Republicans represent people who are whiter, older and richer than most Americans, and our creaky old political system gives those Americans disproportionate influence over public policy.
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Lisa Gardner
American Author
I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.
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Dawn French
British Comedian
Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.
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Natalie Massenet
American Businesswoman
I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.
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David Crosby
American Musician
I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.
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Michael Bay
American Director
There are things that I invented - the creaky geriatric robot that is always grumpy, for example, or the little wheelie guy, he's not in the Hasbro lore. But kids love that stuff - this little guy as a pet on a chain. They gravitate towards it.
Quote examples
Travis Knight
American Producer
This medium of stop-motion, it can be much more than it's been kind of defined as - it's not just a creaky and anachronistic way of making films, it actually is a very vital art form that can do wonderful things if put in the right hands.
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Alex Pareene
American Writer
For the most part, congressional Republicans represent people who are whiter, older and richer than most Americans, and our creaky old political system gives those Americans disproportionate influence over public policy.
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Lisa Gardner
American Author
I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.
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Dawn French
British Comedian
Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.
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Natalie Massenet
American Businesswoman
I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.
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David Crosby
American Musician
I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.
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