creakiness Definition

creak
noun

1. A shrill squeaking noise made typically by an unoiled hinge or loose floorboard.

verb

intr
creaked, creaking
1. To make or seem to make this noise.

Thesaurus: screech, scratch, grate, squeak, grind, rasp.

Derivative: creakily
adverb

Derivative: creakiness
noun

Derivative: creaky

Squeaky.

Tending to creak.

Badly made or performed.

Stiff.

Etymology: 16c in verb sense 1; 14c in obsolete sense, said of birds ‘to utter a harsh cry'.