SQUEAK

squeak

(noun) a short high-pitched noise; “the squeak of shoes on powdery snow”

whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak, skreak

(verb) make a high-pitched, screeching noise; “The door creaked when I opened it slowly”; “My car engine makes a whining noise”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

squeak (plural squeaks)

A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.

(games) A card game similar to group solitaire.

(slang) A narrow squeak.

Verb

squeak (third-person singular simple present squeaks, present participle squeaking, simple past and past participle squeaked)

(intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.

(intransitive, slang) To inform, to squeal.

(transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.

(intransitive, games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.

(intransitive, informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.

Synonyms

• (to inform): drop a dime, grass up, snitch; See also rat out

Anagrams

• quakes

Source: Wiktionary


Squeak, v. i. [imp.& p. p. Squaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Squeaking.] Etym: [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqväka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.]

1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak. Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch Addison. Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer. Pope.

2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.] If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. Dryden.

Squeak, n.

Definition: A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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