squeaked; squeaking; squeaks
1
: to utter or make a short shrill cry or noise
2
3
: to pass, succeed, or win by a narrow margin
just squeaked by in the election
: to utter in a shrill piping tone
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Examples of squeak in a Sentence
Verb
I could hear the mouse squeaking.
She squeaked when I pinched her.
My shoes squeak when I walk.
The wheel squeaks when it turns.
He squeaked into office by fewer than 2,000 votes.
“I can't believe it!” she squeaked.
Noun
She gave out a squeak.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
So far she’s squeaked by with money borrowed from her employer.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Appropriate for newborns on up, babies will enjoy the baseball sound toy, basketball squeak toy, soccer ball crinkle toy, and football rattle.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 18 July 2024
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Verb
All around him, pumps churn in blue vats, rubber boots squeak against concrete floors, and the sweet smell of intertidal algae fills the air.
—Jules Jacobs, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
So far she’s squeaked by with money borrowed from her employer.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
The sound jerked out of him in strange squeaks, as if someone were wiping a mirror.
—Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Appropriate for newborns on up, babies will enjoy the baseball sound toy, basketball squeak toy, soccer ball crinkle toy, and football rattle.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 18 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for squeak
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“Squeak.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeak. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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squeak
1 of 2 verb1
: to make a short shrill cry or noise
2
: to pass, succeed, or win by a narrow margin
barely squeaked by
3
: to utter in a shrill tone
squeak
2 of 2 noun1
: a sharp shrill cry or sound
2
: escape entry 2 sense 1
a close squeak
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