creaked
Needed some oil
Creaked is the past tense of creak, meaning to make a harsh, high-pitched sound under pressure or friction.
Doors creak on rusty hinges, floorboards creak underfoot, old chairs creak when you sit in them: The stairs creaked as she climbed.
The sound suggests age, wear, or strain—things that creak are rarely new.
Wooden panel underfoot
- hingeMovable connecting joint
- staircaseIndoor flight of steps
- doorHinged room barrier
- gateHinged barrier in fence
timber · rafter · beam · bedframe · rocking chair · porch · shutter · wagon
Uttered low complaint
- squeakedMade a sharp, high sound
- raspedSpoke in grating voice
- whinedComplained in shrill tone
- moanedEmitted a low wail
scraped · grated · squealed · rattled · clattered · snapped · popped · crackled
floorboard
Wooden panel underfoot
gate · timber · rafter · beam · bedframe · rocking chair · porch · shutter · wagon · wheelbarrow
groaned
Uttered low complaint
moaned · scraped · grated · squealed · rattled · clattered · snapped · popped · crackled · grinding
weathered
Eroded by exposure
rusty · timeworn · dilapidated · rickety · warped · sagging · brittle · rotting · crumbling · corroded
haunted
Occupied by ghosts
sinister · ominous · foreboding · uncanny · phantom · spectral · gothic · creepy · supernatural · macabre
creakedglided
Moved without apparent effort
flowed · motionless · still · stood still · slipped
- creaky jointsNoisy skeletal connections
- creaky floorsNoisy walking surface
- creaky knees
- creaking floorsNoisy walking surfaces
- creaky voiceLow, popping phonation type
- door creakSound from worn hinges