noncreaky

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

non- +‎ creaky

Adjective[edit]

noncreaky (not comparable)

  1. Not creaky.
    • 2001, Kelli S. Dunham, How to survive and maybe even love nursing school!:
      Suzy is escorted to a smallish study carrel, where she sits down on what may or may not be a noncreaky chair and faces the computer.
    • 2009, Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck, Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction:
      In some languages, creaky and noncreaky sounds are distinctive; Mazatec, a language of Mexico, has consonants and vowels that can be creaky or noncreaky...