Squeak (Noun)
Meaning 1
A short high-pitched noise; "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The old wooden floor creaked and squeaked as she walked across it in her high heels.
- The sudden squeak of the door made everyone jump.
- As I walked through the park, I heard the squeak of a tiny mouse scurrying through the underbrush.
- The squeak of the balloons as the kids blew them up for the party was deafening.
- The skier's new boots made a faint squeak with each turn as she glided down the mountain.
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Meaning 2
Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- She got away by the squeak, just as the coastguards spotted her tiny sailboat off the rocky shoreline.
- It was a squeak as they limped into the tournament semifinals on goal differential, overcoming numerous opponents to move into a decent ranking spot.
- Although in dreadful disarray due to long conflicts the war-hardened local brigade led most miraculous evacuation known worldwide history up til by hair to as as made famous ,yet leaving however remarkably minute numbers.
- Some commentators did report being frightened before those little air-leak in wings. Otherwise 'normal passenger transportation traffic nearly getting this full month- if several technical items uncalmed took complete that massive US interjet fall loss aircraft right very nasty major as ultimately declared technically perfect few got "due ultimately decided actually before totally collapsing'.
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