Thesaurus: squeak

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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. v. i. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
3. 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.
4. n. a short high-pitched noise
5. n. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
6. v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
7. 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. [Colloq.] If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. Dryden. 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.
8. A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either ofthe human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made bycarriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipeor reed.
9. n:37/v:63 n. a short high-pitched noise