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creak [kri:k](chair, floorboard, person's joints) craquer; (door hinge) grincer; (shoes) crisser; figurative (plot etc) être boiteux;∎ the chair creaked under his weight la chaise a craqué sous son poids;∎ figurative to creak with age donner des signes de vieillesse;∎ figurative the legal system is creaking under the weight of untried cases le système juridique craque sous le poids des affaires en suspens2 noun(of chair, floorboard, person's joints) craquement m; (of door hinge) grincement m; (of shoes) crissement m;∎ to give a creak (of chair, floorboard, person's joints) craquer; (of door hinge) grincer; (of shoes) crisser -
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A n (of hinge, gate, door) grincement m ; (of wood, floorboard, bone) craquement m ; ( of leather) crissement m.B vi [hinge, gate, door] grincer ; [floorboard, bone, joint] craquer ; [leather] crisser ; fig [régime, organization] craquer ; the door creaked open la porte s'ouvrit en grinçant. -
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[kri:k] 1. verb(to make a sharp grating sound: That chair is creaking beneath your weight.) grincer2. noun(such a sound: The strange creaks in the old house kept the girl awake.) grincement- creaky- creakiness -
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groan [grəʊn]1. noun• this news was greeted with groans cette nouvelle a été accueillie par des murmures désapprobateursb. [planks, door] grincer* * *[grəʊn] 1. 2.1) ( in pain) gémir; (in disgust, protest) grognerto groan in ou with pain — pousser un gémissement de douleur
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2 fig [regime, structure] déliquescent, qui commence à craquer. -
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A n (of pain, despair) gémissement m ; (of disgust, protest) grognement m ; to give a groan ( in pain) pousser un gémissement.B vtr ‘I've been hit,’ he groaned ‘je suis touché,’ gémit-il ; ‘no!,’ he groaned ‘oh non!’ soupira-t-il.C vi1 ( in pain) gémir ; (in disgust, protest) grogner ; to groan in ou with pain pousser un gémissement de douleur ; he always groans at my jokes il pousse toujours des soupirs pour montrer qu'il n'apprécie pas mes blagues ; I groaned inwardly when I heard that… j'étais loin d'être ravi quand j'ai appris que… ; -
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groan [grəʊn]1 noun(b) (of disapproval, dismay) grognement m;∎ he gave a groan of annoyance il a poussé un grognement d'exaspération(c) (of tree, timber, furniture) grincement m(b) (in disapproval, dismay) grogner;∎ everybody groaned at his corny jokes tout le monde levait les yeux au ciel quand il sortait ses plaisanteries éculées(d) (be weighed down by) gémir;∎ the table groaned under the weight of the food la table ployait sous le poids de la nourriture(e) (complain) ronchonner(say) gémir
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creak´i|ly — creak|y «KREE kee», adjective, creak|i|er, creak|i|est. likely to creak; creaking: »creaky floors, creaky hinges. A creaky ride in a venerable elevator brings one to the fourth floor laboratory (Harper s). –creak´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
creak|y — «KREE kee», adjective, creak|i|er, creak|i|est. likely to creak; creaking: »creaky floors, creaky hinges. A creaky ride in a venerable elevator brings one to the fourth floor laboratory (Harper s). –creak´i|ly … Useful english dictionary
Creak — (kr[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Creaked} (kr[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Creaking}.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. krieken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creak — creak·i·ly; creak·ing·ly; creak; … English syllables
Creak — Creak, v. t. To produce a creaking sound with. [1913 Webster] Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Creak — (kr[=e]k), n. The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. Roget. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
creak — [kri:k] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] if something such as a door, wooden floor, old bed, or stair creaks, it makes a long high noise when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc ▪ The floorboards creaked as she walked across… … Dictionary of contemporary English
creak — early 14c., utter a harsh cry, of imitative origin. Used of the sound made by a rusty gate hinge, etc., from 1580s. Related: Creaked; creaking. As a noun, from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
creak — [v] grind, grate with high noise chirr, crepitate, groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screech, sound, squeak, squeal; concepts 65,186,215 … New thesaurus
creak — ► VERB 1) make a harsh high pitched sound when being moved or when pressure is applied. 2) show weakness or frailty under strain. ► NOUN ▪ a creaking sound. ORIGIN imitative … English terms dictionary
creak — [krēk] vi. [ME creken, to make a sound like geese, crows, etc.; echoic var. of croken: see CROAK] 1. to make a harsh, shrill, grating, or squeaking sound, as rusted hinges do 2. to move slowly with or as with such a sound n. such a sound … English World dictionary