Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Creak

Creak (krēk) , intransitive verb

[Old English creken, prob. of imitative origin; compare English crack, and. Dutch krieken to crackle, chirp.]

To make a prolonged sharp grating or squeaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. — Dryden
Doors upon their hinges creaked. — Tennyson

Creak , transitive verb

To produce a creaking sound with.
Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. — Shakespeare

Creak (krēk) , noun

The sound produced by anything that creaks; a creaking. — Roget