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| Main Entry: |
squeak
 [skweek] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sharp, high-pitched sound |
| Synonyms: | cheep, creak, cry, grate, peep, pipe, scream, screech, scritch, shrill, sing, sound, squeal, talk, whine, yelp |
| Main Entry: | creak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind, grate with high noise |
| Synonyms: | chirr, crepitate, groan, rasp, scrape, scratch, screech, sound, squeak, squeal |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling out; yelling |
| Synonyms: | acclamation, bark, bawl, bay, bellow, cackle, call, caw, chatter, cheer, clack, clamor, cluck, coo, crow, ejaculation, exclamation, expletive, fuss, gobble, groan, grunt, hiss, holler, hoot, howl, hullabaloo, hurrah, meow, mewling, moo, motto, nicker, note, outcry, pipe, quack, report, roar, ruckus, scream, screech, shout, shriek, song, squall, squawk, squeak, trill, uproar, vociferation, wail, whine, whinny, whistle, whoop, yammer, yawp, yell, yelp, yoo-hoo |
Example Sentences
- If it uses a high-pitched squeak and you feed it, it will learn to repeat that noise to get fed.
- First there's a whirring, then a beep, then a high-pitched squeak.
- As you move and shift your weight in the cold, the metal in your boots and the bindings on your pack squeak in response.
| Main Entry: | opening |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance |
| Synonyms: | availability, big break, connection, cut*, fling*, go*, go-at, in the running, iron in the fire, look-in, occasion, opportunity, place, possibility, run, scope, shot*, show, squeak, time, vacancy, whack |
| Antonyms: | misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake, fighting chance, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chirp |
| Synonyms: | chatter, cheep, chirrup, chuck, churr, coo, cry, hoot, pipe, squeak, tweet, twitter |
| Main Entry: | scrape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scratch, remove outer layer |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, chafe, clean, erase, file, grate, graze, grind, irritate, pare, peel, rasp, rub, scour, scuff, shave, skin, squeak, thin, triturate |
| Antonyms: | smoothe |
| Main Entry: | talk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | produce words; inform |
| Synonyms: | articulate, babble, broach, chant, chat, chatter, comment on, communicate, confess, converse, describe, divulge, drawl, drone, express, flap one's tongue, gab, gabble, give voice to, gossip, influence, intone, notify, palaver, parley, patter, persuade, prate, prattle, pronounce, reveal, rhapsodize, run on, say, sing*, soliloquize, speak, spill the beans, spout, squeak, squeal, talk one's leg off, tell, tell all, use, utter, ventriloquize, verbalize, voice, yak |
| Antonyms: | listen |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, heyday, look-in, occasion, opening, peak, shot, show, squeak |
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