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[ verb ] make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door
Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)The chair creaked . Every time he moved or said something , the chair creaked again . Eugene was not entirely silent , or openly rude - unless asking Harold to move to another chair and placing himself in the fauteuil that creaked so alarmingly was an act of rudeness . It went right on creaking under his own considerable weight , and all it needed , Harold thought , was for somebody to fling himself back in a fit of laughter and that would be the end of_it . Eugene offered Harold his car , to use at any time he cared to , and when this offer was not accepted , the armchair creaked . Related terms |
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