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What does creaky mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word creaky? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Tending to creak
  2. Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  3. arthritic or rheumatic
  4. (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.
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It didn't sound like the creaky door, or even footsteps on the dusty floor.
The brakes wheeze and the windows shudder, the seats are cracked and creaky.
The thing's creaky voice was a cross between nails on a blackboard and a door that seriously needed oiling.
I ignored the eyes that followed us as we descended the creaky stairs, but my hands clutched slightly tighter.
Muscles groaned as they were used one more time, and his creaky voice almost didn't make it out.
Inside it's all creaky floorboards and wooden panelling, yet he pooh-poohs the idea of a ghost.

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