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Definition of Squeak by
1. Verb. Manage one's existence barely. "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Cope, Deal, Get By, Grapple, Make Do, Make Out, Manage
2. Verb. Escape. "She squeaked by me"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeak By
Literary usage of Squeak by
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of the Books, &c. Belonging to the Library Company of Baltimore by Library Company of Baltimore (1809)
"Bubble and Squeak : by the Author of Topsy Turvy. See Misc. Vol. 1st. Barrel's (Lady)
Poems 2 Butler's Hudibras 2 Camoens, ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Language by Leonard Bloomfield (1914)
"... looked upon as a contamination of squeak by squall, but talk and caw and even
maw may also have been effective: in such cases the term 'adaptation' has ..."
3. Life and Letters of the Right Honourable Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke by Arthur Patchett Martin (1893)
"The narrow squeak by which Palmerston, at the last moment, extricated himself
from a war with Prussia and Austria, on behalf of Denmark, was a lesson which ..."
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