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单词 squeaker
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Definition of squeaker in English:

squeaker

noun ˈskwiːkəˈskwikər
  • 1A person or thing that squeaks.

    children blowing party squeakers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It sounds a little like a child's soft toy (obviously one with a squeaker in it).
    • Add a selection of rattles, squeakers and bells approximately every third section (try not to put them too close to one another).
    • He's developed a preternatural ability to get the squeaker out of any toy, always accompanied by clouds of Hollofil.
    • He yanked the stuffing and squeakers out of every one of his dog toys.
    • In the Campo Raffaele, this visitor to Venice watched from her apartment a procession of children singing and blowing tin trumpets and squeakers like rude tongues.
    • They're like for cats, and they're just basically squeakers covered with fur, but Fidget doesn't know the difference.
    • The girls got tiaras with ‘Happy New Year’ written on them, plastic leis and squeakers, and the guys got ‘Happy New Year’ hats and squeakers.
    • This made sense considering what this animal has digested in the past: tampons, toilet paper rolls, q-tips, entire stuffed animals with squeakers, and one iBook power cord.
    • It's all fun until someone chews a squeaker out of their Bush or Kerry pet toy.
    • The squeakers and bells also pose a problem of your shih-tzu choking on them if he tries to swallow the objects.
    • My dog enjoys dissecting the plush toys to extract the squeaker.
    1. 1.1British A young pigeon.
      as modifier the pigeon society has made £1,800 from two squeaker sales
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I often kept squeakers (baby pigeons) I'd stolen from nests high in the gutters of blocks of flats and two-storey houses'
  • 2North American informal A competition or election won or likely to be won by a narrow margin.

    it looks like it will be a squeaker which could go either way
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A formerly safe seat was turned into a squeaker.
    • Lou, it isn't just the presidential race that's the squeaker here.
    • The Clansmen won a squeaker on December 16, 2001 in Tacoma Washington defeating the University of Puget Sound 78-77.
    • My gut feeling at the moment, which is almost as worthless as the polls, is that the first half of the ballot will be a squeaker, hinging on which side is more motivated to actually cast ballots.
    • In the end Ottawa went on to beat Toronto in a squeaker and thumped Guelph in a 7-1 rout for the championship.

Rhymes

beaker, Costa Rica, Dominica, eureka, Frederica, Griqua, jobseeker, leaker, loudspeaker, seeker, shrieker, sika, sneaker, speaker, streaker, Tanganyika, theca, tikka, Topeka, wreaker
 
 

Definition of squeaker in US English:

squeaker

nounˈskwikərˈskwēkər
  • 1A person or thing that squeaks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the Campo Raffaele, this visitor to Venice watched from her apartment a procession of children singing and blowing tin trumpets and squeakers like rude tongues.
    • The girls got tiaras with ‘Happy New Year’ written on them, plastic leis and squeakers, and the guys got ‘Happy New Year’ hats and squeakers.
    • Add a selection of rattles, squeakers and bells approximately every third section (try not to put them too close to one another).
    • It sounds a little like a child's soft toy (obviously one with a squeaker in it).
    • My dog enjoys dissecting the plush toys to extract the squeaker.
    • It's all fun until someone chews a squeaker out of their Bush or Kerry pet toy.
    • He's developed a preternatural ability to get the squeaker out of any toy, always accompanied by clouds of Hollofil.
    • They're like for cats, and they're just basically squeakers covered with fur, but Fidget doesn't know the difference.
    • The squeakers and bells also pose a problem of your shih-tzu choking on them if he tries to swallow the objects.
    • He yanked the stuffing and squeakers out of every one of his dog toys.
    • This made sense considering what this animal has digested in the past: tampons, toilet paper rolls, q-tips, entire stuffed animals with squeakers, and one iBook power cord.
    1. 1.1North American informal A competition or election won or likely to be won by a narrow margin.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In the end Ottawa went on to beat Toronto in a squeaker and thumped Guelph in a 7-1 rout for the championship.
      • Lou, it isn't just the presidential race that's the squeaker here.
      • The Clansmen won a squeaker on December 16, 2001 in Tacoma Washington defeating the University of Puget Sound 78-77.
      • My gut feeling at the moment, which is almost as worthless as the polls, is that the first half of the ballot will be a squeaker, hinging on which side is more motivated to actually cast ballots.
      • A formerly safe seat was turned into a squeaker.
 
 
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