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• n  a squeaking sound
• v  make a high-pitched, screeching noise

• We balance our admiration for those who walk away at their best (Bobby Jones, Bjorn Borg) with the affection felt for those who soldier on, joints creaking, and displaying a .
• Pacing around the old Victorian home, the wooden floor creaking, Obama went on: "I'll give you one specific example: Mississippi is 40% African American, but it votes 25% African .
• For Jagannath is the famous Juggernaut, riding the vast cart beneath whose creaking wheels fanatic worshipers once threw themselves to be crushed to death.

• creak
• whine
• squeak
• screech
• screak
• skreak

News & Articles

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• Mumbai's Endangered Mannequins
  Even the most ardent supporters of Mumbai (and I count myself as one) will admit that the creaking infrastructure of India’s financial capital is fast making the city a tough place to live in. Atrocious traffic jams, potholed roads and water cuts are par for the course. As I tell my friends in other cities, my Bombay ( I stubbornly refer to it by its old name) has become Slumbay.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes