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squeak

[ skweek ]

noun

  1. a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
  2. Informal. opportunity; chance:

    their last squeak to correct the manuscript.

  3. an escape from defeat, danger, death, or destruction (usually qualified by narrow or close ).


verb (used without object)

  1. to utter or emit a squeak or squeaky sound.
  2. Slang. to confess or turn informer; squeal.

verb (used with object)

  1. to utter or sound with a squeak or squeaks.

verb phrase

  1. to succeed, survive, pass, win, etc., by a very narrow margin:

    They can barely squeak by on their income. The team managed to squeak through.

squeak

/ ²õ°ì·ÉŸ±Ë°ì /

noun

  1. a short shrill cry or high-pitched sound
  2. informal.
    an escape (esp in the phrases narrow squeak , near squeak )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to make or cause to make a squeak
  2. intr; usually foll by through or by to pass with only a narrow margin

    to squeak through an examination

  3. informal.
    intr to confess information about oneself or another
  4. tr to utter with a squeak
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹°ì±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹°ìŸ±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹°ì²â, adjective
  • ˈ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹°ìŸ±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ç³Ü±ð²¹°ìi²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of squeak1

1350–1400; Middle English squeken, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Swedish ²õ°ì±¹Ã€°ì²¹ to croak
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of squeak1

C17: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish ²õ°ì±¹Ã€°ì²¹ to croak
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Example Sentences

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Our footsteps squeaked as we walked across the dark wood floorboards.

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A sweet moron, but a moron nonetheless, which is evident as soon as Pattinson starts squeaking banalities in a nasal gasp that sounds as though he’s never gotten enough oxygen to his brain.

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The Senate voted to confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary on Friday night, with the former Fox News host squeaking through the upper chamber by the narrowest possible margin.

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I was caught off guard but somehow managed to squeak out “No.”

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If Hegseth squeaks through, it will be for the same reason Trump keeps slipping the noose: He's so comprehensively terrible in every way, that it's hard to focus on one topline reason to disqualify him.

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