squeaker

Meanings

Plural: squeakers

Noun

• any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used
  • "those sneakers are squeakers"
  • "which hinge is the squeaker?"
• something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
• One who or that which squeaks.
• One who or that which squeaks.
• A young user on a voice chat system who has a high-pitched voice.
• A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown; a party puffer.
• An informer.
• A game or election won by a narrow margin.
• An animal that squeaks.
• An Australian grey crow-shrike or grey currawong (Strepera versicolor plumbea).
• An animal that squeaks.
• A piglet of the wild boar.
• An animal that squeaks.
• Any of family Arthroleptidae, of frogs.
• An animal that squeaks.
• Any of genus Synodontis, of catfish.
• An animal that squeaks.
• A young bird; a cheeper.
• An animal that squeaks.
• A young bird; a cheeper.
• A squab or young domestic pigeon still in the nest.
• An act of flatulence; a fart.
• A child, especially an illegitimate one.

Synonyms

close call, close shave, narrow escape, squeak