squeaky
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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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Squeaky
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example sentences
In flight, these birds can be readily identified by their long square tails and high-pitched squeaky voices.
People have never really been told that a litter box has to be kept squeaky clean.
And the squeaky clean mice, even with the risky gene, stayed healthy.
The song of loggerhead shrikes is an often repeated medley of low warbles and harsh, squeaky notes and phrases.
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