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Squeaker   /skwˈikər/   Listen
Squeaker

noun
1.
Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used.  "Which hinge is the squeaker?"
2.
Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.  Synonyms: close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak.





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"Squeaker" Quotes from Famous Books



... in a pugilistic ring grinning encouragement. Once Baden-Powell managed to secure a baby pig, and kept him in his compound, just as he had kept rabbits and guinea-pigs in England. To watch this squeaker practising "jinking" from a tree ("jinking" is "pig-sticking" for jibbing), and charging ferociously at an old stump, was one of our hero's pet amusements for ...
— The Story of Baden-Powell - 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' • Harold Begbie


Words linked to "Squeaker" :   achievement, artefact, accomplishment, artifact


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