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squeak en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
  2. (uncountable) A card game similar to group solitaire.
  3. (countable, slang) A narrow squeak.
    • "I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […] 1905, E. W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
squeaks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

squeaky · squeakery · squeakless · squeakish · bubble and squeak · pip-squeak · squeakquel · batsqueak · squeakproof

Translations (34)

ar صَرِير (short, high-pitched sound) · pt guincho (short, high-pitched sound) · id cicit (short, high-pitched sound) · it squittio (short, high-pitched sound) · es chirrido (short, high-pitched sound) · fr craquement (short, high-pitched sound) · vi chít chít (short, high-pitched sound) · tr gıcırdama (short, high-pitched sound) · mi kotokoto (short, high-pitched sound) · tl irit (short, high-pitched sound) · tr cıyaklama (short, high-pitched sound) · ru скрип (short, high-pitched sound) · fr grincement (short, high-pitched sound) · arz تزييق (short, high-pitched sound) · sv pip (short, high-pitched sound) · ja チューチュー (short, high-pitched sound) · ta கீச்சு (short, high-pitched sound) · mi koekoe (short, high-pitched sound) · pl pisk (short, high-pitched sound) · ga gíog (short, high-pitched sound) · de Quietschen (short, high-pitched sound) · ru писк (short, high-pitched sound) · kix tsūohtsūoh (short, high-pitched sound) · de Gequietsche (short, high-pitched sound) · de Knarren (short, high-pitched sound) · bg писък (short, high-pitched sound) · de Gequieke (short, high-pitched sound) · ca xerric (short, high-pitched sound) · ty taʻi (short, high-pitched sound) · zza zıren (short, high-pitched sound) · tr cırlama (short, high-pitched sound) · fr crissement (short, high-pitched sound) · de Piepsen (short, high-pitched sound) · id decit (short, high-pitched sound)

squeak en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
    • But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before. 2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property):
  2. (intransitive, slang) To inform, to squeal.
    • If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
  3. (transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
  4. (intransitive) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
  5. (informal, intransitive) To win or progress by a narrow margin.
    • France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction. 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport:
    • […] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin. 1999, Surfer, volume 40, numbers 7-12:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
squeaked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
squeaked Tense=Past lexicographic
squeaking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
squeaks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Antonyms

romp

Deriveds

unsqueaking · squeakingly · squeak through · squeaker · until the pips squeak · squeak by · squeak out

Synonyms

snitch · grass up · drop a dime (to inform)

Translations (56)

kw gwihal (emit sound) · mi kotokoto (emit sound) · gl cantar (an axletree) (emit sound) · hu beköp (inform) · de knarren (emit sound) · fr couiner (emit sound) · id berdecit (emit sound) · bg доноснича (inform) · es chirrear (emit sound) · id mencicit (emit sound) · fi vinkua (emit sound) · fi vasikoida (inform) · arz يزيقوا (emit sound) · es chirriar (emit sound) · gl chirlar (emit sound) · mi koekoe (emit sound) · fi kitistä (emit sound) · mi tītī (emit sound) · gl rechiar (emit sound) · pt guinchar (emit sound) · gl renxer (emit sound) · cy gwichian (emit sound) · ta கீச்சிடு (emit sound) · nrf grînchi (emit sound) · tr gıcırdamak (emit sound) · de piepsen (emit sound) · hu köp (inform) · pl piszczeć (emit sound) · it squittire (emit sound) · tr cırlamak (emit sound) · ta சொல் (inform) · la dēsticō (emit sound) · fr grincer (emit sound) · yi קװיטשען (emit sound) · de quietschen (emit sound) · ru пища́ть (emit sound) · fr craquer (emit sound) · arz تزيق (emit sound) · izh kirissä (emit sound) · mi tētē (emit sound) · sv gola (inform) · izh piikkaa (emit sound) · fr piailler (emit sound) · arz يزيق (emit sound) · bg скърцам (emit sound) · grc τρίζω (emit sound) · fr crisser (emit sound) · tr cıyaklamak (emit sound) · ar صَرَّ (emit sound) · sv pipa (emit sound) · fi juoruta (inform) · ga gíog (emit sound) · es rechinar (emit sound) · bg пискам (emit sound) · id mendecit (emit sound) · nl piepen (emit sound)