creaky
pronunciation
How to pronounce creaky in British English:
UK [ˈkriːki]
How to pronounce creaky in American English:
US [ˈkriːki]
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- Adjective:
- worn and broken down by hard use
- having a rasping or grating sound
- of or pertaining to arthritis
Word Origin
- creaky (adj.)
- 1834, from creak + -y (2). Related: Creakily; creakiness.
Example
- 1. This creaky system struggles to deliver the half-a-billion tonnes of coal that indians demand each year .
- 2. Many of beijing 's waterways were filled in , leaving just this creaky relic of sino-soviet amity to save its streets from flooding .
- 3. This helped transform them from creaky relics of soviet-style central planning to leaner businesses with a sharper commercial focus .
- 4. But requests to import goods that would compete with products from burma 's creaky state industries are generally denied .