squeak

noun

1. 1

   A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.

2. 2

   A card game similar to group solitaire.

3. 3

   slangA narrow squeak.

   "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.

   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

   slangTo inform, to squeal.

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

3. 3

   To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.

4. 4

   To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.

5. 5

   informalTo win or progress by a narrow margin.

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

   France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.

Forms

plural

squeaks

past tense

squeaked

past participle

squeaked

present participle

squeaking

third person singular

squeaks