squeaker

 [skwee-ker]  

squeak·er

   [skwee-ker]
noun
1.
a person or thing that squeaks.
2.
Informal. a contest or game won by a very small margin.
3.
Informal. a dangerous situation.
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Origin:
1635–45; squeak + -er1
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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squeak (skwiːk)
 
—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; usually foll by through or by) to pass with only a narrow margin: to squeak through an examination
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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