Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - squeak
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Squeak
squeak
~1 v 1 to make a very short high noise or cry that is not loud (I can hear mice squeaking in the walls. | a squeaking hinge) 2 always + adv/prep informal to succeed, win, or pass a test by a very small amount so that you only just avoid failure + through/by (She only just squeaked through her maths test.) ~2 n a very short high noise or cry (a squeak of alarm)
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(squeaks, squeaking, squeaked) 1. If something or someone squeaks, they make a short, high-pitched sound. My boots squeaked a little as I walked... The door squeaked open... She squeaked with delight. VERB: V, V adj, V with n • Squeak is also a noun. He gave an outraged squeak. N-COUNT 2. To squeak through or squeak by means to only just manage to get accepted, get included in something, or win something. The President’s economic package squeaked through the House of Representatives by 219 votes to 213... VERB: V prep/adv 3. see also bubble and squeak ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English squeken, of imitative origin Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to utter or make a short shrill cry or noise 2. squeal 2a 3. to pass, succeed, or win by a narrow margin just ~ed by in the election transitive verb to utter in a shrill piping tone II. noun Date: 1700 1. a sharp shrill cry or sound 2. escape a close ~ • ~y adjective SQUEAKER noun Date: 1641 1. one that squeaks 2. a contest (as a game or an election) won by a small margin ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a short shrill cry as of a mouse. b a slight high-pitched sound as of an unoiled hinge. 2 (also narrow squeak) a narrow escape, a success barely attained. --v. 1 intr. make a squeak. 2 tr. utter (words) shrilly. 3 intr. (foll. by by, through) colloq. pass narrowly. 4 intr. sl. turn informer. Etymology: ME, imit.: cf. SQUEAL, SHRIEK, and Sw. skv{auml}ka croak ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. писк squeak of a mouse —- мышиный писк 2. скрип squeak of a pencil —- скрип карандаша 3. сл. шанс, случай to give smb. one more squeak —- дать кому-л. еще одну возможность 4. разг. спасение (от чего-л.); избавление to have a narrow (a close, a near) squeak —- быть на волосок от гибели, еле-еле избежать смерти 5. сл. сержант 6. австрал. сл. солдатня 7. пищать; повизгивать 8. пропищать (что-л.) 9. скрипеть 10. сл. доносить, выдавать сообщников, "стучать" 11. сознаться, "расколоться" 12. сл. еле-еле пробиться; с трудом спастись или выиграть ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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through а) еле протиснуться; The walls of the cave come to a narrow point just ahead, but I think we can squeak through; б) с трудом преодолеть; Some of you deserved lo succeed, and others only squeaked through. SQUEAK 1. noun 1) писк 2) скрип 2. v. 1) пищать; пропищать (тж. squeak out); She squeaked out a cry of fear as the mouse ran across the floor. 2) скрипеть 3) coll. доносить, выдавать - squeak by - squeak through Syn: see squeal SQUEAK by coll. еле сводить концы с концами, перебиваться; Dont worry about how Im to live while Im away at college, Ill squeak by somehow. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., probably of imitative origin, similar to Middle Swedish skvдka "to squeak, croak." The noun is from 1664. Sense of "narrow escape" is from 1822. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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