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Verb: squeak  skweek
  1. Make a high-pitched, screeching noise
    "My car engine makes a squeaking noise";
    - whine, screech, creak, screak [dialect], skreak [non-standard]
     
  2. [informal] Give away information about somebody
    - denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat [informal], grass, shop [informal], snitch [informal], stag
Noun: squeak  skweek
  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, squeaking, squeaks

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

Encyclopedia: Squeak