Definition of Squeaky

1. Adjective. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.

Exact synonyms: Screaky, Screechy, Squeaking, Squealing
Similar to: High, High-pitched
Derivative terms: Screech, Screech, Squeak

Definition of Squeaky

1. Adjective. Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Squeaky

1. tending to squeak [adj SQUEAKIER, SQUEAKIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeaky

squbits
squeak
squeak by
squeak out
squeak through
squeaked
squeaker
squeakers
squeakier
squeakiest
squeakily
squeakiness
squeaking
squeakingly
squeaks
squeaky (current term)
squeaky-clean
squeaky bum time
squeaky clean
squeaky wheel
squeaky wheel gets the grease
squeal
squeal like a stuck pig
squealed
squealer
squealers
squealing
squealingly
squealling
squeals

Literary usage of Squeaky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Country Home: How We Transformed a Wisconsin Woodland by Frances Kinsley Hutchinson (1908)
"We brought down the old gray lichen-covered fence which for twenty years had bordered the high road, and set it up around the garden, re-hung the squeaky ..."

2. Novels by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1906)
"... squeaky voice : ' Fools . . .' she shouted,' fools! . . .' Paklin laughed aloud ; but no one responded. Markelov scanned each in turn as though he ..."

3. The Child's World by Hetty Sibyl Browne, William Knox Tate, Sarah Withers (1917)
"The baby mouse had such a squeaky little voice that he was called squeaky. He was always singing, " Ee-ee-ee!" Mother mouse was very wise, ..."

4. The Baganda at Home: With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda by Charles W. Hattersley (1908)
"... CHAPTER VIII RELIGION IN UGANDA The First Church—Seventeen Years of Progress—The Cathedral —Honour to squeaky Boots—A ..."

5. Living Bayonets: A Record of the Last Push by Coningsby Dawson (1919)
"... when the heart is not so starved for affection, we shall discover that the "silver music" is only the irritating sound of squeaky shoes. ..."

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