creaker
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: krēkə IPA(key): /kɹiːkə/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɹikɚ/, (Appalachia) /kɹɪkɚ/
- Rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)
- Homophone: creeker
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
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 […]
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
creaker (plural creakers)
- Alternative form of krieker (“pectoral sandpiper”)