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Definition of Squeak
1. Verb. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. "The streets squeak with cars "; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
Generic synonyms: Make Noise, Noise, Resound
Derivative terms: Creak, Creaking, Screech, Screeching, Squeaker
2. Noun. A short high-pitched noise. "The squeak of shoes on powdery snow"
3. Noun. Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.
Generic synonyms: Accomplishment, Achievement
Definition of Squeak
1. v. i. 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.
2. n. 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.
Definition of Squeak
1. Noun. A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals. ¹
2. Noun. (games) A card game similar to group solitaire. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive slang) To inform, to squeal. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to themself in the card game of the same name. ¹
7. Verb. (intransitive informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squeak
1. to make a sharp, high-pitched sound [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Squeak
1. 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. "If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him." (Dryden) Origin: Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. Sqvaka to croak, Icel. Skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeak
Literary usage of Squeak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1876)
"But spotted piggy thought he knew better, and so he tried the breakfast; and he
also ran off, saying, " squeak, squeak, squeak." Then the other pigs tried ..."
2. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"The rasp of his own " grayback " shirt and the squeak or' his boots seemed to
bring him to himself. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"PITTER-PATTER. To go pit-a-pat; to be»t pit. Chesh. FITTER. (1) To grieve.
(2) To squeak. East. incessantly; to palpitate. North. ..."
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