English
squeak
Pronunciation Noun

squeak (plural squeaks)

  1. A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.
  2. (games) A card game similar to group solitaire.
  3. (slang) A narrow squeak.
    • 1905, E. W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night
      "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. […]
Translations Verb

squeak (squeaks, present participle squeaking; past and past participle squeaked)

  1. (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
  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.
  3. (transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
  4. (intransitive, games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
  5. (intransitive, informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.
    • 1999, Surfer (volume 40, issues 7-12)
      […] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.
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