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• When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.From the entry hilarity
• They replaced the entire door, in hopes of correcting the sticking and squeaking once and for all.From the entry once and for all
• The door opened with a crusty squeak that echoed in the silent room.From the entry crusty
• The squeaking won’t do any harm, but if it makes your teeth itch, oil the hinge.From the entry make someone's teeth itch
• If your bicycle chain is squeaking you should lubricate it.From the entry lubricate
• Their study found disturbing amounts of subliteracy among many people who had nonetheless managed to squeak their way through school to a diploma or degree.From the entry subliteracy
• I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problems as before.2014 August 17, Jeff Howell, “Home improvements: Repairing and replacing floorboards [print version: Never buy anything from a salesman…. From the entry bed
• The woodwork squeaked and out came the freaks from all corners of the country.2011 October 2, Boy George, “When we were heroes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry New Romanticism
• The whole business with the cheese and the squeaking is just a front.”1989, Douglas Adams, The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide: Complete & Unabridged, Wings Books, page 109. From the entry pandimensional
• When Jem put his foot on the bottom step, the step squeaked.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry by degrees
• He may have had a terribly narrow squeak of some sort.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry narrow squeak
• Smith, I'd rather hear the old barn door at home squeak any day.1918, Eleanor H. Porter, Oh, Money! Money!. From the entry caterwauling
• "My word," he said, breathlessly, "but that was a narrow squeak."1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 142. From the entry narrow squeak
• “He’s a friend of mine,” squeaked Starmer.2025 July 28, John Crace, “Sidekick Starmer can’t get a word in as The Donald dominates world’s most one-sided double act”, in The…. From the entry slag off
• A prisoner named Jacky, his head constantly covered with a Russian chapka, rolled a small, squeaking cart throughout the tunnels.2020, Michael McCarthy, The Hidden Hindenburg: The Untold Story of the Tragedy, the Nazi Secrets, and the Quest to Rule the Skies, Lyons…. From the entry chapka
• In the meantime he will continue to squeeze the Iranian economy until the pips squeak because clearly it is bothering them.2019 September 22, Tim Newark, “Trump strikes right tone in necessary face-off with Iran”, in The Express. From the entry until the pips squeak
• It was a rhythmic thumping and squeaking, and I shuddered to think I was hearing the Ice Lady shaboinking someone.2019, Becky Clark, Foul Play on Words, Woodbury, M.N.: Midnight Ink, →ISBN, page 141. From the entry shaboink
• “That’s with Jill, right?” “Nopesies,” with Angie, she squeaked.2019, Deb Meyer, Momma Needs a Break: A Monologue, Columbus, Wis., via Playwrights’ Center, page 2. From the entry nopesies
• Mostly we heard her laughing and the squeaking of the porch swing while the boyfriend felt her up.2013, Dan Pope, In the Cherry Tree, →ISBN. From the entry feel up
• During this action a pig runs around very fast and suddenly leaps straight up in the air, twitching and squeaking.2000, Dale L. Sigler, A Grown-up's Guide to Guinea Pigs, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 58. From the entry popcorn
• You might argue about letting borderline students squeak through some courses, but who wants a nurse who misfigures her meds?2000, Donald J. Goodman, A Diamond in the Rough: Muskegon Community College, page 321. From the entry misfigure
• Brewster," underlining it with the molar squeak.1994, Tom Kakonis, Shadow Counter. From the entry cheeser
• As a scholar, he was content to squeak by, passing his courses with a "gentleman's C" and an occasional B.1992, Russell Freedman, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry gentleman's C
• He continued to stare out the window, accompanied by Johnny's groans and the rhythmic squeaking of the rocking stool.1990, Robert Upton, A killing in real estate: an Amos McGuffin mystery, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry rocking stool
• The chain squeaked a little, almost like a cricket.1978, Tom Reamy, Blind Voices, published 2003, page 73. From the entry glider
• Her brown wedgies squeaked with discount price defiance, as she walked redly and pinkly along the broken brick sidewalk.1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN. From the entry wedgie
• “Will they be strung up for a Botany Bay dozen like we are if we so much as squeak?1948, Eleanor Dark, Storm of Time, Collins, published 1963, page 58. From the entry Botany Bay dozen
• They had watched, paralysed, as, squeaking with terror, her small murine body was ripped to pieces, Tilly yipping gleefully with excitement all the while.2023, Kate Atkinson, “Existential Marginalisation”, in Normal Rules Don’t Apply, Penguin (2024), page 133. From the entry murine
• Their sneakers squeaked through the silence.2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 166. From the entry kickball
• Eyes too big for the face, ears of a large dog, took tens of steps to keep up, squeaked like a two-month-old pup.2019, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, “Memoirs of a Namaaso”, in Manchester Happened, Oneworld Publications (2020), page 157. From the entry chihuahua
• “This here's my pard, Wilbur Coleman.” Wilbur opened his mouth to say something, but all that came out was a nervous squeak.2011, William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone, Arizona Ambush. From the entry beautisome
• The problem with the squeaky-wheel system is that the production of the squeaking diverts efforts from other activities, potentially of more benefit to the firm.1993, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Managing With Power: Politics and Influence in Organizations, Harvard Business Press, →ISBN, page 406. From the entry squeaky wheel system
• DSP can also eliminate ghost images from TV screens and banish those irritating Donald Duck squeaks and quacks from speeded-up playback of tape-recorded voice messages.1992 April, Gene Bylinsky, “A U.S. Comeback in Electronics”, in Fortune, volume 125, number 8, page 77. From the entry Donald Duck
• The oars squeaked against the tholes, the blades dipped with a steady beat, and the sun beat down: the boat crept across the sea.1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise (Aubrey–Maturin series; 3), London: Collins, →ISBN. From the entry thole
• I let out a squeak as I trip again, this time on the bottom step of the next set of wooden stairs leading up the side of Sugarloaf Mountain.2021, Erin Hahn, Never Saw You Coming, New York, N.Y.: Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry easy peasy mac and cheesy
• Bethany squeaks a barely audible, “Yes,” grabs her purse, and rushes out of the restaurant, tripping over a chair and bumping into another customer on the way.2015, Caroline Fardig, That Old Black Magic, Caroline Fardig, →ISBN. From the entry bump into
• If they think their peers or bosses really do, then they are seriously deluding themselves; I'm afraid the Martyr will be exploited until the pips squeak.2011, Andrew Holmes, Pains in the Office: 50 People You Absolutely, Definitely Must Avoid at Work!. From the entry until the pips squeak
• You and your singing," I said, and I'm not sure I didn't add the word "Forsooth!" Her eyes widened a bit further, and she squeaked another squeak.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry forsooth

Meaning of squeak

1. noun A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
2. noun A card game similar to group solitaire.
3. noun A narrow squeak.

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Questions about squeak in a sentence

How do you use squeak in a sentence?

Squeak is used as a noun and verb. For example: “When the new baby's rubber duck squeaked at the wedding, hilarity ensued.”

What is a short sentence with squeak?

“Their sneakers squeaked through the silence.”

What does squeak mean?

Squeak means a short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.