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[ skwee-ker ] / ˈskwi kər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR squeaker ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person or thing that squeaks. Informal. a contest or game won by a very small margin. Informal. a dangerous situation. Origin of squeakerFirst recorded in 1635–45; squeak + -er1 Words nearby squeakersquawky, squaw man, squawroot, squeak, squeak by, squeaker, squeaky, squeaky-clean, squeaky wheel gets the grease, squeal, squeamish Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for squeakerObama is more likely to win in a squeaker than with a Reagan-sized mandate. Will a Reelected President Obama Face More Gridlock in 2013?|Eleanor Clift|December 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST The Diaz-Balarts, both in squeaker races, are fighting for their political lives. Trouble In Florida|A. L. Bardach|October 30, 2008|DAILY BEAST But the monster got me when I fell and the 'squeaker' was broken. The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart And I will too, if you so much as open your squeaker again!' The Castle Inn|Stanley John Weyman
They tried to herd him into the first cave on the right, but he had remembered the squeaker; they could not distract him. The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart I escaped its lure at first because of the 'squeaker' I carried with me. The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart So I set a trap and next night had a specimen of the Squeaker as well as a couple of the omnipresent Deer-mice. Wild Animals at Home|Ernest Thompson Seton
Words related to squeakerclose call, shocker, cliffhanger, fink, stoolie, gossip, troublemaker, talebearer, telltale, tattler, rumormonger, informer, quidnunc, blabbermouth, snitch, tabby, rat, taleteller, windbag, squealer |