Adjective
1. 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. having a rasping or grating sound;
"they were alerted by the creaking gate""creaky stairs"3. of or pertaining to arthritis;
"my creaky old joints""rheumy with age and grief"