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[ verb ] make a high-pitched, screeching noise

Synonyms

creak squawk skriech skreigh scriech screech skreak screak

Examples

"The door creaked when I opened it slowly"

Related terms

shout make_noise screech creak squeaker

2
[ verb ] make a high-pitched, screeching noise, as of a door

Synonyms

creak screech squawk skriech skreak skreigh skriegh screak

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

A wheel squeaked on a hub , was still , and squeaked again .

A wheel squeaked on a hub , was still , and squeaked again .

Related terms

shout make_noise scream whiner

3
[ noun ] a short high-pitched noise

Examples

"the squeak of shoes on powdery snow"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

On these posts the gates swung open with a squeak and shut with a metallic clang .

Related terms

noise squawk

4
[ noun ] something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin

Synonyms

narrow_escape close_shave squeaker close_call

Related terms

accomplishment

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Rhymes with

week weak tweak workweek midweek

Phonetic and Homophones

S K W IY1 K

Similar Spelling

squeaky squeeze squeegee

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