creak

Noun

• a squeaking sound
  • the creak of the floorboards gave him away
    

Verb

• make a high-pitched, screeching noise
  • The door creaked when I opened it slowly
    
  • My car engine makes a whining noise
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  creaking , whine , squeak , screech , screak , skreak