Squeak
[skwiːk] or [skwik]
Definition
(noun.) a short high-pitched noise; 'the squeak of shoes on powdery snow'.
Typed by Laverne--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
(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.
Typed by Alphonse
Definition
v.i. to utter a shrill and usually short cry.—n. a sudden shrill cry.—v.i. Squawk to utter a harsh cry: (U.S.) to back out in a mean way.—n. a loud squeak.—n. Squeak′er one who squeaks: a young bird.—adv. Squeak′ingly.—A narrow squeak a narrow escape.
Checker: Scott
Examples
- Do you not know that the squeak of the real pig is no more relished now than it was in days of yore? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Be a mouse again, and squeak. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Although he suffers from a cold, We joy to hear him speak, For words of wisdom from him fall, In spite of croak or squeak. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On one occasion poor Captain Roberts, who happened to come in later than FitzClarence, got nothing but bubble-and-squeak in the dog-days. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was dark now and the snow squeaked under our boots. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I'll thank you to pass me another bottle of this bad claret, squeaked out Croker; for I must be candid enough to say that I like it much. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I will not hear it, I say, squeaked out Jos at the top of his voice, and, gathering up his dressing-gown, he was gone. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was Bartlemy time when I was shopped; and there warn't a penny trumpet in the fair, as I couldn't hear the squeaking on. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
Inputed by Jeff