squeaked
past simple and past participle ofsqueak
squeak
verb
uk/skwiːk/us/skwiːk/squeakverb(SOUND)
C2[I]
to make ashort, very highcryorsound:
Themicein thecupboardsqueaked.
Thedoorsqueaked as itswungback andforthonitsrustyhinges.
Animal (non-human) sounds
- baa
- bleat
- buzzy
- caterwauling
- chatter
- cockcrow
- coo
- cry
- hee-haw
- honk
- howling
- miaow
- moo
- peep
- purr
- quack
- squeak
- trill
- trumpet
- warble
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
squeakverb(SUCCEED)
[I+ adv/prep]US
to only justsucceedin something such as atestorcompetition:
He squeakedthroughtheexam.
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- A game
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- bear
- go (like/down) a bombidiom
- go faridiom
- go from strength to strengthidiom
- go into orbitidiom
- go placesidiom
- kill
- pan
- rise
- scrape through(something)
- sewsomethingup
- slam dunk
- smash itidiom
- somewhere
- stand out
Examplesofsqueaked
squeaked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The wind no longer rustled the leaves, the car no longersqueaked, and the insects no longer buzzed in the fields.
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As if in response to this, she suddenly sat up, looked at me,squeakedand then fell back against my chest exhaling her last breath.
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They are the victims of the monetarist ratchet that has squeezed the economy until the pips havesqueaked.
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The fruit has been squeezed and the pips havesqueaked.
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Only two years ago he said that he would tax the middle management groups until the pipssqueaked.
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Instead, his idea was to tax the rich until the pipssqueaked.
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It is true, but not by much—an increased figure only justsqueakedhome.
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What we have so far is a cautious tale—not a lion that roared, but a mouse thatsqueakedin the corner.
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This is not the mouse that roared; this is the mouse thatsqueaked.
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And the rats huddled against the cold at our feet andsqueaked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Standing on an incorrect symbol produces the sound of a dog toy beingsqueakedviolently but has no other penalty.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Quinn tested to hear if the gate to his housesqueaked.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After that, his wheelchair stillsqueaked.
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- shiftily
- shiftiness
- shifting
- shifting/rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic
- shifting-rearranging-the-deckchairs-on-the-titanic
- shift key
- shift-key
- shiftless
- shift supervisor
- shiftwork
- shifty
- shift (your) ground
- shift-your-ground
- shift yourself
- shift-yourself
- shigella
- Shih Tzu
- shih-tzu
- Shiism
- shiitake mushroom
- shiitake-mushroom
- Shiite
- shill
- shillelagh