squeak

5 definitions found

squeak - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Squeak \Squeak\ (skw[=e]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Squeaked
     (skw[=e]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Squeaking.] [Probably of
     imitative origin; cf. Sw. sqv[aum]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka
     to give a sound as of water shaken in a bottle.]
     1. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration;
        to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a
        sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon
        wheel, a door; to creak.
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              Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans
              squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? --Addison.
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              Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the
              "squeaking pigs" of Homer.            --Pope.
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     2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or
        punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.]
  
     Syn: squeal.
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                If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him
                upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.
                                                    --Dryden.
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  Squeak \Squeak\, n.
     A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly uttered, either
     of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is
     made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather
     shoes, or by a pipe or reed.
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squeak - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  squeak
      n 1: a short high-pitched noise; "the squeak of shoes on powdery
           snow"
      2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn:
         close call, close shave, squeak, squeaker, narrow   escape
         ]
      v 1: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
           when I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining
           noise" [syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak,
           screak, skreak]

squeak - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Squeak
  
     <language> 1. <graphics>
  
     ["Squeak: A Language for Communicating with Mice", L. Cardelli
     et al, Comp Graphics 19(3):199-204, July 1985].
  
     See Newsqueak.
  
     2. A Smalltalk implementation and a media authoring tool
     by members of the original Xerox PARC team which created
     Smalltalk (Alan Kay, Dan Ingalls, et al).  Squeak is an
     open-source implementation, with a highly portable virtual machine
      implemented in a subset of Smalltalk (translated into
     C and compiled by a C compiler of the target platform).
  
     Squeak Home (http://squeak.org/).
  
     SqueakCentral (http://squeakland.org/).
  
     (2002-11-03)
  

squeak - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "squeak":
     bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray,
     break, call, caterwaul, change, creak, cry, give tongue,
     give voice, grate, howl, keen, look-in, low, meow, mew, mewl,
     miaow, moo, nark, neigh, nicker, occasion, opening, peach, pimp,
     pipe, pule, rat, roar, screak, scream, screech, shot, show, shriek,
     shrill, sing, skirl, skreigh, snitch, squall, squawk, squeal,
     stool, time, troat, ululate, ululation, wail, whicker, whine,
     whinny, whistle, wrawl, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl