"creak" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kɹiːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-creak.wav [Southern-England] Forms: creaks [plural]
enPR: krēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin. Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|creken}} Middle English creken, {{m|enm|criken}} criken, {{inh|en|ang|cearcian|t=to chatter, creak, crash, gnash}} Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*krakōn|t=to crash, crack, creak}} Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*krakōną}} Proto-Germanic *krakōną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gerh₂-|t=to make a sound, cry hoarsely}} Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|ang|crǣccettan}} Old English crǣccettan, {{m|ang|crācettan|t=to croak}} crācettan (“to croak”), {{cog|sq|grykë||throat}} Albanian grykë (“throat”), {{l|en|crack}} crack Head templates: {{en-noun}} creak (plural creaks)
  1. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. Translations (the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking): скърцане (skǎrcane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), скрибуцане (skribucane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 吱呀 (zhīya) (Chinese Mandarin), (yā) (Chinese Mandarin), (yī) (Chinese Mandarin), 吱吱 (zhīzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), 咯吱 (gēzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), vrzání [neuter] (Czech), skřípání [neuter] (Czech), skřípot [masculine] (Czech), zaskřípění [neuter] (Czech), zavrzání [neuter] (Czech), skřípění [neuter] (Czech), knagen [common-gender] (Danish), knirken [common-gender] (Danish), knaro (Esperanto), natina (Finnish), narina (Finnish), kitinä (Finnish), craquement [masculine] (French), Knarren [neuter] (German), Quietschen [neuter] (German), nyikorgás (Hungarian), csikorgás (Hungarian), recsegés (Hungarian), ropogás (Hungarian), reccsenés (Hungarian), cric [masculine] (Italian), scricchiolio [masculine] (Italian), きいきい (kīkī) (Japanese), rangido [masculine] (Portuguese), scârțâit [neuter] (Romanian), скри́п (skríp) [masculine] (Russian), crujido [masculine] (Spanish), knarr (Swedish), knak (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-creak-en-noun-wMXzhQzS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crik [obsolete]

Verb [English]

IPA: /kɹiːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-creak.wav [Southern-England] Forms: creaks [present, singular, third-person], creaking [participle, present], creaked [participle, past], creaked [past]
enPR: krēk Rhymes: -iːk Etymology: From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin. Compare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|creken}} Middle English creken, {{m|enm|criken}} criken, {{inh|en|ang|cearcian|t=to chatter, creak, crash, gnash}} Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*krakōn|t=to crash, crack, creak}} Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*krakōną}} Proto-Germanic *krakōną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gerh₂-|t=to make a sound, cry hoarsely}} Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|ang|crǣccettan}} Old English crǣccettan, {{m|ang|crācettan|t=to croak}} crācettan (“to croak”), {{cog|sq|grykë||throat}} Albanian grykë (“throat”), {{l|en|crack}} crack Head templates: {{en-verb}} creak (third-person singular simple present creaks, present participle creaking, simple past and past participle creaked)
  1. (intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound): زَيَّقَ (zayyaqa) (Arabic), صَرَّ (ṣarra) (Arabic), ճռալ (čṙal) (Armenian), ճռճռալ (čṙčṙal) (Armenian), скърцам (skǎrcam) (Bulgarian), скрибуцам (skribucam) (Bulgarian), 發吱吱聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 发吱吱声 (fā zhīzhī shēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 發嘎吱聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 发嘎吱声 (fā gāzī shēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 發軋軋聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 发轧轧声 (fā yàyà shēng) (Chinese Mandarin), vrzat [imperfective] (Czech), skřípat [imperfective] (Czech), krassen (Dutch), grinci (Esperanto), knari (Esperanto), narista (Finnish), natista (Finnish), kitistä (Finnish), craquer (French), renxer (Galician), garrir (Galician), knarren (German), quietschen (German), giire [Alemannic-German] (German), ʻeʻeʻina (Hawaiian), चरमराना (caramrānā) (Hindi), csikorog (Hungarian), nyikorog (Hungarian), recseg (Hungarian), recseg-ropog (Hungarian), ískra (Icelandic), scricchiolare (Italian), 軋む (kishimu) (alt: きしむ) (Japanese), crepō (Latin), whēke (Maori), kekē (Maori), ngakeke (Maori), pātētē (Maori), kokē (Maori), kongangi (Maori), pakē (Maori), þunian (Old English), trzeszczeć (Polish), ranger (Portuguese), scârțâi (Romanian), скрипе́ть (skripétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), скри́пнуть (skrípnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), crujir (Spanish), chirriar (Spanish), rechinar (Spanish), knarra (Swedish), knaka (Swedish), скрипіти (skrypity) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), рипіти (rypity) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-creak-en-verb-mlql2nxN Disambiguation of 'to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound': 92 5 3
  2. (transitive) To produce a creaking sound with. Tags: transitive Translations (to produce a creaking sound with): narisuttaa (Finnish), natisuttaa (Finnish), kitisyttää (Finnish), скрипе́ть (skripétʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), скри́пнуть (skrípnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), crujir (Spanish), chirriar (Spanish), rechinar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-creak-en-verb-NDp-5d1t Disambiguation of 'to produce a creaking sound with': 3 95 3
  3. (intransitive, figurative) To suffer from strain or old age. Tags: figuratively, intransitive
    Sense id: en-creak-en-verb-YHgHcjtP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 16 4 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 10 4 76 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 17 17 10 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crik [obsolete] Derived forms: a creaking door hangs longest, a creaking door hangs long on its hinges, creaky

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        "The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skǎrcane",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "скърцане"
        },
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "skribucane",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhīya",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "吱呀"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yā",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "呀"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yī",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "咿"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhīzhī",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "吱吱"
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          "word": "咯吱"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vrzání"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
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          ],
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "skřípot"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
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            "neuter"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
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            "neuter"
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        },
        {
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "knirken"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "knaro"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "natina"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "narina"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "kitinä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "craquement"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Knarren"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Quietschen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "nyikorgás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "csikorgás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "recsegés"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "ropogás"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "reccsenés"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cric"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "scricchiolio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kīkī",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "きいきい"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rangido"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "scârțâit"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "skríp",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "скри́п"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crujido"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "knarr"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
          "word": "knak"
        }
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      "ipa": "/kɹiːk/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "creek"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-iːk"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "a creaking door hangs longest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "a creaking door hangs long on its hinges"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "creaky"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "grykë",
        "3": "",
        "4": "throat"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian grykë (“throat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
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    },
    {
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          "ref": "1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter 10",
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        },
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          "ref": "1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw",
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          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "ճռալ"
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          "word": "ճռճռալ"
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          "word": "發吱吱聲"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "fā zhīzhī shēng",
          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "发吱吱声"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "fā yàyà shēng",
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          "word": "发轧轧声"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
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          "word": "knari"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "narista"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "natista"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "kitistä"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "renxer"
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "gl",
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          "word": "garrir"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "word": "ʻeʻeʻina"
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          "roman": "caramrānā",
          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "चरमराना"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "csikorog"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "word": "nyikorog"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "word": "ískra"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "word": "scricchiolare"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "word": "軋む"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "word": "whēke"
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          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
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        {
          "_dis1": "92 5 3",
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          "word": "þunian"
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          "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
          "word": "trzeszczeć"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "krēk"
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "crik"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skǎrcane",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "скърцане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skribucane",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "скрибуцане"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīya",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "吱呀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yā",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "呀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yī",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "咿"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhīzhī",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "吱吱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēzhī",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "咯吱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vrzání"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skřípání"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skřípot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zaskřípění"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zavrzání"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skřípění"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "knagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "knirken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "knaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "natina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "narina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "kitinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "craquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Knarren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Quietschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "nyikorgás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "csikorgás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "recsegés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "ropogás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "reccsenés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cric"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scricchiolio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kīkī",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "きいきい"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rangido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "scârțâit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skríp",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скри́п"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crujido"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "knarr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking",
      "word": "knak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "creak"
}

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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English onomatopoeias",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/iːk",
    "Rhymes:English/iːk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "a creaking door hangs longest"
    },
    {
      "word": "a creaking door hangs long on its hinges"
    },
    {
      "word": "creaky"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "creken"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English creken",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "criken"
      },
      "expansion": "criken",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cearcian",
        "t": "to chatter, creak, crash, gnash"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*krakōn",
        "t": "to crash, crack, creak"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*krakōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *krakōną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gerh₂-",
        "t": "to make a sound, cry hoarsely"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
      "expansion": "imitative",
      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "crǣccettan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English crǣccettan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "crācettan",
        "t": "to croak"
      },
      "expansion": "crācettan (“to croak”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "grykë",
        "3": "",
        "4": "throat"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian grykë (“throat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "crack"
      },
      "expansion": "crack",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English creken, criken, metathesis of Old English cearcian (“to chatter, creak, crash, gnash”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), from Proto-Germanic *krakōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”), ultimately of imitative origin.\nCompare also Old English crǣccettan, crācettan (“to croak”), Albanian grykë (“throat”). More at crack.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "creaks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creaking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creaked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "creaked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert (author), Madame Bovary, Part III, Chapter 10",
          "text": "Then when the four ropes were arranged the coffin was placed upon them. He watched it descend; it seemed descending for ever. At last a thud was heard; the ropes creaked as they were drawn up."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw",
          "text": "He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grating",
          "grate"
        ],
        [
          "squeaking",
          "squeak"
        ],
        [
          "friction",
          "friction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To produce a creaking sound with."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To produce a creaking sound with."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Stanley Wells, Shakespeare Survey, volume 39, page 205",
          "text": "Fascinating though this high-minded re-reading was, certain crucial joints of the play creaked a good deal under the strain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Francis Pryor, Britain in the Middle Ages: An Archaeological History, page 232",
          "text": "The whole basis of feudalism, especially in the more intensively farmed champion arable landscapes of the Midlands, was starting to creak.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To suffer from strain or old age."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, figurative) To suffer from strain or old age."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɹiːk/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "creek"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːk"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "krēk"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "crik"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "zayyaqa",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "زَيَّقَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣarra",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "صَرَّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čṙal",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "ճռալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čṙčṙal",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "ճռճռալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skǎrcam",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "скърцам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skribucam",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "скрибуцам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "發吱吱聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fā zhīzhī shēng",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "发吱吱声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "發嘎吱聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fā gāzī shēng",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "发嘎吱声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "發軋軋聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fā yàyà shēng",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "发轧轧声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "vrzat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "skřípat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "krassen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "grinci"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "knari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "narista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "natista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "kitistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "craquer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "renxer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "garrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "knarren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "quietschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "giire"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "ʻeʻeʻina"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caramrānā",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "चरमराना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "csikorog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "nyikorog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "recseg"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "recseg-ropog"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "ískra"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "scricchiolare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きしむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kishimu",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "軋む"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "crepō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "whēke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "kekē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "ngakeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "pātētē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "kokē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "kongangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "pakē"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "þunian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "trzeszczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "ranger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "scârțâi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skripétʹ",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скрипе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrípnutʹ",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скри́пнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "crujir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "chirriar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "rechinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "knarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "word": "knaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skrypity",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скрипіти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rypity",
      "sense": "to make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "рипіти"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "word": "narisuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "word": "natisuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "word": "kitisyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skripétʹ",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "скрипе́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skrípnutʹ",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "скри́пнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "word": "crujir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "word": "chirriar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to produce a creaking sound with",
      "word": "rechinar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "creak"
}

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