Hypertext Webster Gateway: "creaky"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
creaky
adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a
decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction
tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down
neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: {decrepit},
{flea-bitten}, {run-down}, {woebegone}]
2: having a rasping or grating sound; "they were alerted by the
creaking gate"; "creaky stairs" [syn: {creaking}, {screaky}]
3: of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints" [syn:
{arthritic}, {rheumatic}, {rheumatoid}]
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