squeak Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a short high-pitched noise
    • the squeak of shoes on powdery snow
  2. noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
    close shave; narrow escape; close call; squeaker.
  3. verb make a high-pitched, screeching noise
    skreak; whine; screech; creak; screak.
    • The door creaked when I opened it slowly
    • My car engine makes a whining noise

WordNet

Squeak intransitive verb
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqväka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Squaked ; present participle & verbal noun Squeaking
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? Addison.
    Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the "squeaking pigs" of Homer. Pope.
  2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess. Colloq. = squeal? See below. in MW10, they are synonyms
    If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him. Dryden.
Squeak noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913