Dictionary Definition
creaky adj
1 worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky
shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction
tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a
woebegone old shack" [syn: decrepit, flea-bitten,
run-down,
woebegone]
2 having a rasping or grating sound; "they were
alerted by the creaking gate"; "creaky stairs" [syn: creaking, screaky]
3 of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old
joints"; "rheumy with age and grief" [syn: arthritic, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy]