Squeak

//skwiːk// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The British War Medal. UK, World-War-I, slang
Noun
  1. 1
    A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals. countable
  2. 2
    something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin wordnet
  3. 3
    A card game similar to group solitaire. uncountable
  4. 4
    a short high-pitched noise wordnet
  5. 5
    A narrow squeak. countable, slang

    ""I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To emit a short, high-pitched sound. intransitive

    "But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before."

  2. 2
    make a high-pitched, screeching noise wordnet
  3. 3
    To inform, to squeal. intransitive, slang

    "If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him."

  4. 4
    To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner. transitive
  5. 5
    To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name. intransitive
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  1. 6
    To win or progress by a narrow margin. informal, intransitive

    "[…] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin."

Etymology

An allusion to the newspaper cartoon strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.

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