| VERB | perception | squeak, whine, screech, creak, screak, skreak | make a high-pitched, screeching noise |
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| NOUN | event | squeak | a short high-pitched noise |
| act | squeak, close call, close shave, squeaker, narrow escape | something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin |
| Sounds | skwiy'k | |
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| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | A short high-pitched noise. | |
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| Example | "the squeak of shoes on powdery snow" | |
| Broader | noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) |
| Spanish | squeak | |
| Adjectives | squeaky | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge |
| Verbs | squeak | make a high-pitched, screeching noise |
| Meaning | Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin. | |
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| Synonyms | close call, close shave, squeaker, narrow escape | |
| Broader | accomplishment, achievement | The action of accomplishing something |
| Spanish | close call, por los, por los pelos | |
| Catalan | close call | |
| Meaning | Make a high-pitched, screeching noise. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Cars squeak in the streets; The streets squeak with cars | |
| Synonyms | whine, screech, creak, screak, skreak | |
| Broader | make noise, resound, noise | emit a noise |
| Spanish | aullar, chirriar, crujir, rechinar | |
| Catalan | carrisquejar, garranyigar, grinyolar | |
| Nouns | squeak | a short high-pitched noise |
| squeaker | any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used | |
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