creaky Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective satellite worn and broken down by hard use
   run-down; woebegone; decrepit; derelict; flea-bitten.
   
   • 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
2. adjective satellite having a rasping or grating sound
   screaky.
   
   • creaky stairs
3. adjective satellite of or pertaining to arthritis
   rheumatic; rheumy; arthritic; rheumatoid.
   
   • my creaky old joints
   • rheumy with age and grief

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