creaky

/ˈkɹiːki/

adj 4

Collocations

ADJ.

all, little, unstable

VERB + CREAKY

heard, repaired, walking, went

CREAKY + NOUN

door, institutions, knees

PREP.

down, up, with

ADV.

extremely

adj

Tending to creak.

Worn down by overuse; decrepit.

arthritic or rheumatic.

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

adjective — of or pertaining to arthritis

adjective — having a rasping or grating sound

adjective — worn and broken down by hard use

creaky tone

Wiktionary

creaky voice

Wiktionary

Yanni is walking up the creaky steps.

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“We all have creaky knees when we bend down,” said Jimmy Fallon, the popular American comedian from “The Tonight Show”.

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Lukas went down the creaky steps.

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Tobias heard the creaky fence being pushed.

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