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squeaky en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskwiːki/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From squeak + -y.

Meanings

  1. Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.
    • We scared. Boss man make fire from no fire. Boss man make white zap light from no white zap light. Boss man also turn three me friend into flying black squeaky thing. Then he eat flying black squeaky thing. Me so sad. Me so angry. When me see flying black squeaky thing …me remember. Me cry. Me want help beat him. 2018, Cube Kid (alias dictus Erik Gunnar Taylor), Diary of an 8-Bit Kitten: Lost in the Nether (Hoopla e-book version), page 49:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
squeakiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
squeakier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

squeaky wheel · squeakily · squeaky wheel system · the squeaky wheel gets the grease · squeaky clean · squeakyish · squeaky bum time · unsqueaky · squeakiness · squeaky cheese · the squeaky wheel gets the oil

Translations (15)

es chirreador (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · fi vinkuva (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · es chirriador (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · es chirriante (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · fi nariseva (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · pl piskliwy (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · pt rangido (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · fi kitisevä (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · bg писклив (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · es chirreante (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · de quietschend (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · bg скърцащ (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · la stridens (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · mk писклив (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak) · es chirriadero (producing a high-pitched sound or squeak)