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Definition of Squeaky
1. Adjective. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
Similar to: High, High-pitched
Derivative terms: Screech, Screech, Squeak
Definition of Squeaky
1. Adjective. Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squeaky
1. tending to squeak [adj SQUEAKIER, SQUEAKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeaky
Literary usage of Squeaky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Country Home: How We Transformed a Wisconsin Woodland by Frances Kinsley Hutchinson (1908)
"We brought down the old gray lichen-covered fence which for twenty years had
bordered the high road, and set it up around the garden, re-hung the squeaky ..."
2. Novels by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1906)
"... squeaky voice : ' Fools . . .' she shouted,' fools! . . .' Paklin laughed
aloud ; but no one responded. Markelov scanned each in turn as though he ..."
3. The Child's World by Hetty Sibyl Browne, William Knox Tate, Sarah Withers (1917)
"The baby mouse had such a squeaky little voice that he was called squeaky.
He was always singing, " Ee-ee-ee!" Mother mouse was very wise, ..."
4. The Baganda at Home: With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda by Charles W. Hattersley (1908)
"... CHAPTER VIII RELIGION IN UGANDA The First Church—Seventeen Years of Progress—The
Cathedral —Honour to squeaky Boots—A ..."
5. Living Bayonets: A Record of the Last Push by Coningsby Dawson (1919)
"... when the heart is not so starved for affection, we shall discover that
the "silver music" is only the irritating sound of squeaky shoes. ..."
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