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# squeak

«squeak» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, high, thin sound, like a mouse makes or a door…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (squeak, squeaks, squeaked, squeaking); noun (a squeak, squeaks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A squeak is a short, high, thin sound, like a mouse makes or a door that needs oil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#m1)

2) To squeak is to make that sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#m2)

3) «Squeak through» or «squeak by» means to only just pass or win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons squeaks are high-pitched sounds with fast vibrations. In stories mice squeak and old doors creak and squeak. Phrases: «not a squeak», «squeak by», «a squeaky toy», «the squeaky wheel gets the grease».

### examples

- The mouse gave a little squeak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x1)
- My new shoes squeak on the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x2)
- The door squeaked as it opened. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x3)
- The dog loves its squeaky toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x4)
- We squeaked through to the final by one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x5)
- I didn't hear a squeak from the baby all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x6)
- ‘The weathercock is squeaking now,’ said he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/#x7)

### note

Past: «squeaked». Adjective: «squeaky». «Squeaky clean» means very clean or very well-behaved. A squeak is higher and shorter than a «creak».

### In the corpora

- [Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/6/)
- [Norwegian lemmings are bold and brightly coloured, and they often squeak and stand their ground against much bigger animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/9/)
- [Bats catch moths and gnats in the dark by shouting very high squeaks and listening for the echoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/229-echolocation-how-bats-see-with-sound/5/)
- [Some shrews and tenrecs use simple echoes from squeaks to explore tunnels and thick grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/10/)
- [What a squealing and squeaking fills the hall!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squeak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squeak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.