Squeak

Quick meaning: Squeak is a noun meaning (countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.

Meaning

(countable) A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable, games) A card game similar to group solitaire.
2. (countable, slang) A narrow squeak.
3. (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
4. (intransitive, slang) To inform, to squeal.
5. (transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
6. (intransitive, games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
7. (intransitive, informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.

Example Sentences

[…] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.

If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.

"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. […]

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.

Word Forms

• squeaks
• squeaking
• squeaked

Synonyms for squeak

Depending on context, synonyms include screech, screak, creak, skreak, squeaker, skriegh.

Antonyms for squeak

Common opposites include romp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include squeaker, screak, screech, creak, skreak, skriegh.

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