Dictionary

creaker en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• krēkə (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɹikɚ/ (US)
• /kɹɪkɚ/ (Appalachia, US)
• /kɹiːkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From creak + -er.

Meanings

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

Forms

creaker en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• krēkə (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɹikɚ/ (US)
• /kɹɪkɚ/ (Appalachia, US)
• /kɹiːkə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of krieker (“pectoral sandpiper”).
   alt of krieker

Forms