creak
verb (used without object)
to make a sharp, harsh, grating, or squeaking sound.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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Oh dear! how I am creaking; I shall certainly have the gout like the old cupboard.
From Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen