creaker

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: krēkə IPA^(key): /kɹiːkə/
(US) IPA^(key): /kɹikɚ/, (Appalachia) /kɹɪkɚ/
Rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)
Homophone: creeker

Etymology 1

creak +‎ -er

Noun

creaker (plural creakers)

One who, or that which, creaks.
- 2004, Jack Nichols, The Tomcat Chronicles, page 186:
  […] the bed was a creaker, and the kitchen was inhabited by a large colony of busy roaches […]

Noun

creaker (plural creakers)

Alternative form of krieker (“pectoral sandpiper”)

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