creaky
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɹiːki/
creaky (comparative creakier, superlative creakiest)
- Tending to creak
- Worn down by overuse; decrepit
- arthritic or rheumatic
- (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.
- creaky tone
- creaky voice
- French: gémissant, grinçant
- German: knarrend, quietschend
- Portuguese: quebrável, quebradiço
- Russian: скрипу́чий
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