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Definition of Squeak
Squeak

To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.

To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.

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Squeak Translations

squeak in German is quieken, quietsche, quietschen
squeak in Spanish is rechinar
squeak in Swedish is pipa, gnissla


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