squeak

«squeak» in Mova's school dictionary: a short, high, thin sound, like a mouse makes or a door… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (squeak, squeaks, squeaked, squeaking); noun (a squeak, squeaks)

meaning for a pupil

1) A squeak is a short, high, thin sound, like a mouse makes or a door that needs oil. tree →

2) To squeak is to make that sound. tree →

3) «Squeak through» or «squeak by» means to only just pass or win. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons squeaks are high-pitched sounds with fast vibrations. In stories mice squeak and old doors creak and squeak. Phrases: «not a squeak», «squeak by», «a squeaky toy», «the squeaky wheel gets the grease».

examples

• The mouse gave a little squeak. tree →
• My new shoes squeak on the floor. tree →
• The door squeaked as it opened. tree →
• The dog loves its squeaky toy. tree →
• We squeaked through to the final by one point. tree →
• I didn't hear a squeak from the baby all night. tree →
• ‘The weathercock is squeaking now,’ said he. tree →

note

Past: «squeaked». Adjective: «squeaky». «Squeaky clean» means very clean or very well-behaved. A squeak is higher and shorter than a «creak».

In the corpora

• Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.
• Norwegian lemmings are bold and brightly coloured, and they often squeak and stand their ground against much bigger animals.
• Bats catch moths and gnats in the dark by shouting very high squeaks and listening for the echoes.
• Some shrews and tenrecs use simple echoes from squeaks to explore tunnels and thick grass.
• What a squealing and squeaking fills the hall!

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «squeak» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.