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batsqueak en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbatskwiːk/ (UK)

Etymology

From bat + squeak.

Meanings

1. The ultrasonic noise emitted by a bat, especially as used for echolocation.
2. A faint echo (of something); a tiny pulse, a slight wave (of feeling, emotion etc.).
   • The first infernal batsqueak of insanity was making itself heard in a new generation. 2005, Sue Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, Yale, published 2007, page 37:
   • Gómez Arias, like don Álvaro, dies without our feeling a batsqueak of regret because neither is given any redeeming features. 2002, Melveena McKendrick, "Men Behaving Badly", Identities in Crisis, Reichenberger 2002, p. 220

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