<p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway</li><li>run-down; dilapidated: a creaky shack</li><li>(of the voice) produced by vibration of a small portion of the vocal cords while the arytenoid cartilages are held together, with little breath being released; laryngealized</li></ul>