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creaky

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creaky in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. of or pertaining to arthritis
    "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"
    arthritic  creaky  rheumatic  rheumatoid  rheumy 
  2. having a rasping or grating sound
    "creaky stairs"
    creaky  screaky 
  3. 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"
    creaky  decrepit  derelict  flea-bitten  run-down  woebegone 
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creaky in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (adjective) Tending to creak
  2. (adjective) Worn down by overuse; decrepit
  3. (adjective) arthritic or rheumatic
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