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Squeaker

//ˈskwiː.kə// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which squeaks.; A young user on a voice chat system who has a high-pitched voice. Internet
  2. 2
    something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin wordnet
  3. 3
    One who or that which squeaks.; A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown; a party puffer.
  4. 4
    any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used wordnet
  5. 5
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.

    "Then there are the giant mice on two legs, that keep cruel monsters to eat you up, and lay traps for innocent little squeakers like yourselves."

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  1. 6
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.; An Australian grey crow-shrike or grey currawong (Strepera versicolor plumbea).
  2. 7
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.; A piglet of the wild boar.
  3. 8
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.; Any of the family Arthroleptidae of frogs.
  4. 9
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.; Any of the genus Synodontis of catfish.
  5. 10
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.; A young bird. informal
  6. 11
    One who or that which squeaks.; An animal that squeaks.; A young bird.; A squab; a young domestic pigeon still in the nest. informal

    "[…] A break from the routine of mundanity made the 40-year-old from Sivakasi revisit a childhood memory revolving a squeaker that was gifted to him by a relative. He recalls looking after the bird for a few years until he couldn’t do it anymore. The recollection set free the joy in the aviary of his heart after three decades and he settled on rearing his feathered friends thereafter."

  7. 12
    An informer. slang
  8. 13
    A game or election won by a narrow margin. US

    "I mentioned that you correctly predicted nine of the last 10 presidential election outcomes, save one, in 2000 when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore, and that was a squeaker."

  9. 14
    An act of flatulence; a fart. slang

    "He sat down, let out a squeaker, and then unloaded his entire wedding breakfast into the pan. Cheers buddy. Nothing kills a moment of nostalgia better than a fat man using the shithouse."

  10. 15
    A child, especially an illegitimate one. slang

Etymology

From squeak + -er.

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