Creak

v. t. [imp. & p. p. CREAKED (kreekt); p. pr. & vb. n. CREAKING.] [A modification of crack, q. v. Cf. O. Fr. criquer, to creak, crackle, rustle, and A-S. cearcian, to creak.] To make a sharp, harsh, grating sound, as by the friction of hard substances.

No door there was the unguarded house to keep. On creaking hinges turned, to break his sleep. Dryden.

v. t. To produce a creaking sound with. I shall stay here . . . Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak.

n. The sound produced when any thing creaks. Clarke. To cry creak, to desist from any project; to repent. [Obs.] Halliwell.