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Definition of Squeaking
1. Adjective. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
Similar to: High, High-pitched
Derivative terms: Screech, Screech, Squeak
Definition of Squeaking
1. Verb. (present participle of ''squeak'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Squeaking
1. squeak [v] - See also: squeak
Lexicographical Neighbors of Squeaking
Literary usage of Squeaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Forester (1887)
"squeaking CATERPILLARS AND MOTHS. IT has long been known that the ... (Acherontia
atropos) makes a squeaking noise when it is handled ; but I have never ..."
2. Memoirs of the Court of England, from the Revolution in 1688 to the Death of by John Heneage Jesse (1846)
"Pope's satirical description of his squeaking voice.—Enlists as a volunteer in
the expedition to Tangier.—Appointed Captain of Grenadiers in the Duke of ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1856)
"all venting themselves in scarcely human language—squeaking, groaning, barking ?
Even where these heights of impropriety are not reached, ..."
4. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... board when the ship was at anchor off Algiers and some few nights later,
between Algiers and Gibraltar, one flew on board and ran squeaking up his leg ..."
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