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Definition of Squeaker

1. Noun. Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used. "Which hinge is the squeaker?"

2. Noun. Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.

Definition of Squeaker

1. n. One who, or that which, squeaks.

Definition of Squeaker

1. Noun. One who or that which squeaks. ¹

2. Noun. A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown ¹

3. Noun. (slang) An informer ¹

4. Noun. (American English) A game or election won by a narrow margin ¹

5. Noun. The Australian gray crow shrike (''Strepera anaphonesis''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squeaker

1. one that squeaks [n -S] - See also: squeaks

Medical Definition of Squeaker

1. 1. One who, or that which, squeaks. 2. The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); so called from its note. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeaker

squawls squawman squawmen squawroot squawroots squaws squawweed squawweeds squbit squbits

squeak squeak by squeak out squeak through squeaked squeaker (current term) squeakers squeakier squeakiest squeakily

squeakiness squeaking squeakingly squeaks squeaky squeaky-clean squeaky bum time squeaky clean squeaky wheel squeaky wheel gets the grease

Literary usage of Squeaker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... in different parts of the Colony by the name of 'squeaker.'" Squid, n. a marine animal. The Australian species is Sepioteuthis australis, Quoy and Gaim. ..."

2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... are all locally known in different parts of the Colony by the name of ' squeaker.'" Squid,;/. a marine animal. The Australian species is Sepioteuthis ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Canada Parliament (1891)
"I may mention, referring to the following list, that squeaker means a bird of about three weeks old: No. 1. Red Chequer, squeaker ..."

4. Modern English Sports: Their Use and Their Abuse by Frederick Gale (1885)
"Anyhow, he is wounded beyond recovery, and cannot be pitched in again if a " squeaker " taken on a gorge hook. Now, spinning for pike with an artificial or ..."

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