squeak
A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by…A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
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» The door squeaked.
Die Tür knarrte. — Dani6187
Дверь скрипнула. — soweli_Elepanto
Двері скрипнули. — deniko
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Examples
53 sentencesThe door squeaked.
Двері скрипнули. — deniko
ruДверь скрипнула. — soweli_Elepanto
deDie Tür knarrte. — Dani6187
Our gate squeaks whenever someone opens it.
deUnser Tor quietscht jedesmal, wenn es jemand öffnet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
Gequieke, Gequietsche, Knarren
скрипskrip, пискpeep, chirp
a short high-pitched noise
(uncountable)A card game similar to group solitaire.
(countable, slang)A narrow squeak.
Forms
plural: squeaksSynonyms
4 synonyms- something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin:close callclose shavesqueakernarrow escape
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.