creak

Other forms of creak

plural

creaks·

past tense

creaked·

present participle

creaking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about creak

What does creak mean?

creak means "a squeaking sound". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in creak?

creak has 1 syllable: creak. In IPA it is /ˈkɹik/.

What is another word for creak?

Close synonyms include creaking, whine, squeak, screech, screak. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is creak a common word?

creak is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with creak?

1 word rhymes with creak. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.