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1. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise
   "My car engine makes a squeaking noise"
   - whine, screech, creak, screak, skreak [non-standard]

1. A short high-pitched noise
   "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow"
    
2. Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
   - close call, close shave, squeaker, narrow escape

Derived forms: squeaked, squeaks, squeaking

See also: squeaker, squeaky

Type of: accomplishment, achievement, make noise, noise, resound

Encyclopedia: Squeak