creaky
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈkɹiːki/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective[edit]
creaky (comparative creakier, superlative creakiest)
- Tending to creak
- Worn down by overuse; decrepit
- arthritic or rheumatic
- (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds.
- creaky tone
- creaky voice
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
tending to creak
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(linguistics) of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx are drawn together, compressing the vocal folds