- a squeaking sound; "the creak of the floorboards gave him away"
- whine: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
- (creaky) worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
- (creaky) having a rasping or grating sound; "creaky stairs"
- (creaky) arthritic: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"