[skweek] 
,| 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). |
| 4. | to utter or emit a squeak or squeaky sound. |
| 5. | Slang. to confess or turn informer; squeal. |
| 6. | to utter or sound with a squeak or squeaks. |
| 7. | squeak by or through, 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. |
| squeak (skwēk) v. squeaked, squeak·ing, squeaks v. intr.
To utter in a thin, shrill voice. n.
squeak through/byTo manage barely to pass, win, or survive: squeaked through the test; squeaks by on a limited income. [Middle English squeken, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skvakka, to croak.] |