creaky
adjective
\ ˈkrē-kē
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creakier;
creakiest
Definition of creaky
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Other Words from creaky
creakily
\ ˈkrē-kə-lē
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adverb
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adverb
creakiness
\ ˈkrē-kē-nəs
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noun
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noun
Examples of creaky in a Sentence
The new governor promises to work to revive the state's creaky economy.
a computer system that is creaky with age
Recent Examples on the Web
This is a lumbering brute of a film, a creaky rollercoaster that inches a little too slowly toward every drop. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "It Chapter Two Is a Blockbuster Horror Epic," 3 Sep. 2019 Plus, some of its displays are wildly outdated — such as the creaky animatronic saber-toothed tiger that is forever devouring a giant ground sloth, its tinny roar on permanent loop. — Los Angeles Times, "Three design teams propose La Brea Tar Pits revamp. The mammoth’s future? Uncertain," 26 Aug. 2019 Cousins isn’t the same guy off-schedule, as last year proved again, and making that possible is going to boil down to fix a creaky offensive line. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "32 Notes From 32 NFL Training Camps," 22 Aug. 2019 The baby blue and orange-spotted tokay gecko—whose creaky calls of to-kay provided its onomatopoeic name—have always been ubiquitous throughout Southeast Asia, southern China and India. — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, "A Once Common Gecko Is Vanishing from Parts of Asia," 20 Aug. 2019 Dim lights, creaky ceiling fans, and four or five long, family-style dining tables. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "Condé Nast Traveler's Alternative Bucket List," 20 Aug. 2019 Victorian architectural details frame the space: a magnificent white tin ceiling, creaky wood floors and the original bullseye molding. — Vogue, "What’s Old Is New Again on Block Island," 14 Aug. 2019 In the shade of a creaky, metal awning, Schneider briefed the nine trainees wearing orange hardhats about safety precautions that included CPR, heat-stress warnings and insect repellent. — Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, "CPS Energy prepares next generation of San Antonio utility workers," 31 July 2019 Sometimes, for companies doing business with the state, waiting on the slow-grinding transportation bureaucracy can seem like taking the T at rush hour: Surely, this creaky machine can move faster than this. — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "To fix transit, Baker aims to get business world on board," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'creaky.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for creaky
creaky
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of creaky
: making a creaking sound
: no longer working well : old and in bad condition
See the full definition for creaky in the English Language Learners Dictionary
creaky
adjective
\ ˈkrē-kē
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creakier;
creakiest
Kids Definition of creaky
: making or likely to make a long squeaking or scraping sound
creaky stairs