squeak
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noun
1.
a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound.
2.
Informal. opportunity; chance: their last squeak to correct the manuscript.
3.
an escape from defeat, danger, death, or destruction (usually qualified by narrow or close ).
verb (used without object)
4.
to utter or emit a squeak or squeaky sound.
5.
Slang. to confess or turn informer; squeal.
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 6.
to utter or sound with a squeak or squeaks.
7.
squeak bythrough, to succeed, survive, pass, win, etc., by a very narrow margin: They can barely squeak by on their income. The team managed to squeak through.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English squeken, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Swedish skväka to croak
1350–1400; Middle English squeken, perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Swedish skväka to croak
Related forms
squeak·ing·ly, adverb
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squeak (skwiːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a short shrill cry or high-pitched sound |
| 2. | informal an escape (esp in the phrases narrow squeak, near squeak) |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to make or cause to make a squeak |
| 4. | (intr |
| 5. | informal (intr) to confess information about oneself or another |
| 6. | (tr) to utter with a squeak |
| [C17: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Swedish skväka to croak] | |
| 'squeaker | |
| —n | |
| 'squeaky | |
| —adj | |
| 'squeakily | |
| —adv | |
| 'squeakiness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
squeak
late 14c., probably of imitative origin, similar to Middle Swedish skväka "to squeak, croak." The noun is from 1660s; sense of "narrow escape" is from 1822. Squeaky clean in fig. sense is from 1972, probably from advertisements for dishwashing liquid.
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Computing Dictionary
Squeak definition
language1.
["Squeak: A Language for Communicating with Mice", L. Cardelli et al, Comp Graphics 19(3):199-204, July 1985].
See Newsqueak.
2. A Smalltalk implementation and a media authoring tool by members of the original Xerox PARC team which created Smalltalk (Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, et al). Squeak is an open-source implementation, with a highly portable virtual machine implemented in a subset of Smalltalk (translated into C and compiled by a C compiler of the target platform).
Squeak Home (http://squeak.org/).
SqueakCentral (http://squeakland.org/).
(2002-11-03)
Example sentences
Apparently, the only sound it utters is a faint squeak.
Instead of producing a high squeak, for example, the engineered mice produced lower sounds.
Much better sound than playing it on its little squeak speaker.
Listen for the high pitched squeak of the pika which makes its home in the subalpine zone.
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