squeak

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/skwiːk/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-iːk

Noun

squeak(countableanduncountable,pluralsqueaks)

1. (countable)A short, high-pitchedsound,as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made bymiceand other small animals.
2. (uncountable,games)Acard gamesimilar to groupsolitaire.
3. (countable,slang)Anarrow squeak.
   • 1905,E. W. Hornung,A Thief in the Night:

     "I had the very devil of asqueakfor 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.[…]

Derived terms

• pip-squeak

Translations

short, high-pitched sound

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic:تزييقm(tazyīʔ)

• Bulgarian:писък(bg)m(pisǎk)
• Catalan:xerric(ca)m
• French:grincement(fr)m,crissement(fr)m,craquement(fr)
• German:Gequieken,Gequietschen,Knarren(de)n,Piepsenn,Quietschenn
• Irish:gíogf
• Italian:squittio(it)m
• Japanese:チューチュー(chūchū)
• Maori:koekoe,kotokoto
• Polish:pisk(pl)m
• Portuguese:guincho(pt)m
• Russian:(creak)скрип(ru)m(skrip),(peep, chirp)писк(ru)m(pisk)
• Spanish:chirrido(es)
• Swedish:pip
• Tagalog:irit
• Turkish:cırlama(tr),cıyaklama(tr),gıcırdama(tr)
• Vietnamese:chít chít
• Zazaki:zıren

Verb

squeak(third-person singular simple presentsqueaks,present participlesqueaking,simple past and past participlesqueaked)

1. (intransitive)Toemita short, high-pitched sound.
   • 2014August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman, 16 August 2014, p. P7]”, inThe Daily Telegraph(Property)‎^[1]:

     But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely tosqueak.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 samesqueakingproblems as before.

2. (intransitive,slang)Toinform,tosqueal.
   • 1690,[John] Dryden,Don Sebastian, King of Portugal:[…],London:[…]Jo. Hindmarsh,[…],→OCLC,(please specify the page number):

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

3. (transitive)Tospeakorsoundin a high-pitched manner.
4. (intransitive,games)Toemptythepileof 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
5. (intransitive,informal)To win or progress by a narrow margin.
   • 1999,Surfer,volume40,numbers7-12:

     […]allowing Parkinson tosqueakinto the final by a half-point margin.

   • 2011October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, inBBC Sport‎^[2]:

     France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that hadsqueakedpast 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.

Synonyms

• (to inform):drop a dime,grass up,snitch;See alsoThesaurus:rat out

Derived terms

• bubble and squeak
• squeak by
• squeaker
• squeakish
• squeak out
• squeak through
• squeaky
• until the pips squeak

Translations

emit sound

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic:يزيقm(yezáyyaʔ),تزيقf(tezáyyaʔ),يزيقواm(yezayyáʔu)

• Bulgarian:пискам(bg)(piskam),скърцам(bg)(skǎrcam)
• Cornish:gwihal
• Dutch:piepen(nl)
• Finnish:vinkua(fi),kitistä(fi)
• French:craquer(fr),crisser(fr),grincer(fr),couiner(fr),piailler(fr)
• Galician:rechiar,chirlar(gl),renxer(gl),cantar(gl)(an axletree)
• German:knarren(de),piepsen(de)n,quietschen(de)
• Greek:

  Ancient:τρίζω(trízō)

• Ingrian:kirissä,piikkaa
• Irish:gíog
• Italian:squittire(it)
• Maori:koekoe,tētē,tītī,kotokoto(Of a mouse)
• Norman:grînchi
• Polish:piszczeć(pl)impf
• Portuguese:guinchar(pt)
• Russian:пища́ть(ru)(piščátʹ)
• Spanish:rechinar(es)
• Swedish:pipa(sv)
• Turkish:cırlamak(tr),cıyaklamak(tr),gıcırdamak(tr)
• Welsh:gwichian(cy)
• Yiddish:קװיטשען(kwitshen)

inform

• Bulgarian:доноснича(bg)(donosniča)
• Finnish:vasikoida(fi),juoruta(fi)
• Hungarian:köp(hu),beköp(hu)
• Swedish:gola(sv)

Anagrams

• quakes