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