Creak·ing, n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.
    Start not at the creaking of the door.   --Longfellow.

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 Creak v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.]  To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
    The creaking locusts with my voice conspire.   --Dryden.
    Doors upon their hinges creaked.   --Tennyson.


 creaking
      adj : having a rasping or grating sound; "they were alerted by the
            creaking gate"; "creaky stairs" [syn: creaky, screaky]
      n : a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him
          away" [syn: creak]