squeak
/skwiːk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
Countable
Example Sentences
- ""I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]"
- "But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before."
- "If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him."
- "[…] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin."
- "France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction."