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squeak1 verbsqueak2 noun squeaksqueak1 /skwiːk/ ●●○ verb   squeak1Origin: 1300-1400 From the sound VERB TABLEsqueak |
| Present | I, you, we, they | squeak | | he, she, it | squeaks | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | squeaked | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have squeaked | | he, she, it | has squeaked | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had squeaked | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will squeak | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have squeaked |
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| Present | I | am squeaking | | he, she, it | is squeaking | | you, we, they | are squeaking | | Past | I, he, she, it | was squeaking | | you, we, they | were squeaking | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been squeaking | | he, she, it | has been squeaking | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been squeaking | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be squeaking | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been squeaking |
- His chair squeaked loudly as he swivelled round to face me.
- Is that your chair squeaking?
- Kramer's running shoes squeaked on the marble floor.
- The rubber soles of my shoes squeaked on the shiny floor.
- A fourth squeaked through on a single disputed vote.
- He pinched the last quarter inch of his cigarette tightly, and sucked on it so hard it squeaked.
- How the sly one squeaked, howled, sizzled, hissed, and swelled his hairy carapace!
- If he had, Burke's kick might have squeaked in.
- The door doesn't squeak, either, and it's ever so quiet and peaceful.
- The front door squeaks to a close and eyes need a few seconds to adjust to the dim interior.
- There has also been a miraculous rise of the Liberals from the ashes - they may just squeak past 5 percent themselves.
to make a high sound► creak if something creaks , especially something wooden such as a door, bed, or stair, it makes a long, high noise when someone puts pressure on it: · In the hall the floorboards creaked and the walls were damp.creak open: · The key clicked inside the lock and the door creaked open. ► squeak if something squeaks , it makes a very high noise as it is moved, pushed etc, especially because two parts of it cannot rub smoothly together: · His chair squeaked loudly as he swivelled round to face me.· The rubber soles of my shoes squeaked on the shiny floor. ► screech to make a loud, long, unpleasant high sound, like the sound made by car tyres when the car stops suddenly: · The train screeched as it pulled into the station. ADVERB► by· New York Head Start programs also were squeaking by, but funding could dry up by the end of January.· The irony of all this is that he scored incredibly high on the LSATs, and I just squeaked by.· The ad gained Wellstone enough sympathy to squeak by with a 48, 000-vote margin. 1[intransitive] to make a short high noise or cry that is not loud:  A rat squeaked and ran into the bushes. The door squeaked open.2[intransitive, transitive] to say something in a very high voice, especially because you are nervous or excited: ‘Too late!’ she squeaked.3[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to succeed, win, or pass a test by a very small amount so that you only just avoid failure SYN scrapesqueak through/by/past/in She just squeaked through her math test.squeak1 verbsqueak2 noun squeaksqueak2 noun [countable] - The only sound is the soft squeak of the marker on the board.
- Bats flittered about him; their warning squeaks sounded like chalk on a blackboard.
- Complaints: Occasional squeaks emanating from front breaks.
- It was a narrow squeak for the mahogany glider.
- Not a squeak did we hear.
- The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.
- Three rides he had today, for three different trainers, and not one of them had a squeak.
- What seemed a single animal is now known to be two, distinct in their genes and with squeaks of different pitch.
- Why are their forays to and above the leaf surface accompanied by squeaks and peeps?
a high sound► squeak a very short high sound or cry: · I heard the squeak of his shoes on the tiled floor.· Annie gave a squeak of surprise. ► creak a long high sound that something makes when someone opens it, walks on it, sits on it etc – used especially about a door, wooden floor, bed, or stairs: · the creak of floorboards· The door opened with a creak. ► screech a loud, long, unpleasantly high sound – used especially about someone’s voice, or about brakes, tyres etc: · There was a screech of tyres followed by a bang.· She let out a screech of horror. ► beep (also bleep British English) a high electronic sound that a machine sends out, especially in order to attract someone’s attention: · You’ll hear a bleep when the photocopier’s finished printing. VERB► hear· As he opened the door and looked out he thought he heard the squeak of a tricycle.· The rest of us heard a thin squeak, and started calling for her as she had vanished from sight.· There was no reply from the bishop, but he didn't hear another squeak from the turbulent priests either.· She began to drift and was just dozing off when she heard the squeak of Nathan's deck shoes on the ladder.· Have we heard a squeak of protest from anyone?· We heard the high-pitched squeaks of a gold crest.· Younger cats are not only good at hearing high-pitched squeaks, they are also brilliant at detecting precise direction. 1a very short high noise or cry SYN squealsqueak of a squeak of alarm the high-pitched squeak of a bat► see thesaurus at sound2not a squeak if there is not a squeak from someone, they do not say anything or communicate at all: We didn’t hear a squeak from him in months. |