squeak

  • 41squeak — [skwiːk] verb [I] to make a short high noise squeak noun [C] …

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  • 42squeak by — verb 1. manage one s existence barely I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary • Syn: ↑scrape along, ↑scrape by, ↑scratch along, ↑squeeze by, ↑rub along • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 43squeak´ing|ly — squeak «skweek», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to make a short, sharp, shrill sound: »A mouse squeaks. 2. Informal. to get or pass with difficulty: »The Senate will block it even if it squeaks through the House (Wall Street Journal). 3. Slang. a) to turn… …

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  • 44squeak´i|ness — squeak|y «SKWEE kee», adjective, squeak|i|er, squeak|i|est. 1. characterized by squeaking sounds; tending to squeak: »a squeaky window. 2. squeak …

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  • 45Squeak Piggy Squeak — is a parlour game that is sometimes called Grunt Piggy Grunt.To play the game, one player is chosen to be the farmer ; the others are the piggies. The farmer is blindfolded. All other players sit in a circle surrounding the farmer. The farmer is… …

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  • 46squeak|y-clean — «SKWEE kee KLEEN», adjective. Informal. 1. spotlessly clean: »Hair is always squeaky clean (Manchester Guardian Weekly). 2. Figurative: »... a squeaky clean election financing law (Maclean s). The…Commission is designed to keep financing squeaky… …

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  • 47squeak through — verb escape She squeaked by me • Syn: ↑squeak by • Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑go through, ↑go across • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 48squeak — 1. noun /skwiːk/ a) A short, high pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals. b) A card game similar to group solitaire. 2. verb /skwiːk/ a) To emit a shor …

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  • 49squeak — Synonyms and related words: bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray, break, call, caterwaul, change, creak, cry, give tongue, give voice, grate, howl, keen, look in, low, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, nark, neigh, nicker,… …

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  • 50squeak by — Synonyms and related words: brush, brush by, caress, come in contact, contact, glance, graze, hit, impinge, kiss, nudge, osculate, rub, scrape, shave, sideswipe, skim, skirt, touch …

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