creaker

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: krēkə IPA^(key): /kɹiːkə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹikɚ/, (Appalachia) /kɹɪkɚ/
• Rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)
• Homophone: creeker

Etymology 1

From creak +‎ -er.

Noun

creaker (plural creakers)

1. One who, or that which, creaks.
   • 2004, Jack Nichols, The Tomcat Chronicles, page 186:

     […] the bed was a creaker, and the kitchen was inhabited by a large colony of busy roaches […]

Etymology 2

Noun

creaker (plural creakers)

1. Alternative form of krieker (“pectoral sandpiper”)