Squeaker

Definition: Squeaker

Squeaker

Noun

1. Any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?".

2. Something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin.

Date "squeaker" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1861. (references)

Domain	Definition
Food & Agriculture	A fledgling pigeon about four weeks old. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	SQUEAKER. A bar-boy; also a bastard or any other child. To stifle the squeaker; to murder a bastard, or throw It into the necessary house.--Organ pipes are likewise called squeakers. The squeakers are meltable; the small pipes are silver. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Squeaker

Synonyms: close call (n), close shave (n), narrow escape (n), squeak (n). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Squeaker (1937)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Baby Blessings Squeaker Socks (Baby Blessings) (reference) Chirrido El Perro Squeaker the Dog (Ten & Twenty Word, Spanish Books) (reference) Squeaker the Dog (Twenty Word Books) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Squeaker" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Squeaker" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "squeaker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		zogth (chick, nestling, squab, squealer). (various references)

Bulgarian		младо гълъбче (squealer), пискун (screamer, squealer), пискало (squealler), доносник (calumniator, communicant, delator, grass, informant, informer, rat, sneak, snitch, stool pigeon, telltale, whisperer). (various references)

Czech		pískle (nestling), křikloun (loudmouth, Roisterer, squaller). (various references)

Danish		ungdue (squab), dueunge (squab). (various references)

Dutch		nestling (squab), jonge duif (squab), duivenkuiken (squab). (various references)

Finnish		kyyhkysen poikanen (squab), kyyhkynpoikanen (squab). (various references)

French		pigeonneau (squab). (various references)

German		junger Vogel (chick). (various references)

Greek		μικρό περιστέρι (squab), πιτσούνι (squab, young pigeon), τρίζων (crepitant, squeaky), τσιρίζων (squeaky). (various references)

Hungarian		madárfióka (Eyas, fledgeling, fledgling, nestling, squealer). (various references)

Italian		spia (emissary, indication, informer, light, peephole, spy, spyhole), piccioncino (squab), delatore (beagle, delator, informer). (various references)

Manx		kiaullane (bell, bell small, blatancy, clamourer, clarion, handbell, noise in the ear, orchestra, racket, toll, toll of bell, tolling). (various references)

Pig Latin		eakersquay

Portuguese		pombinho (squab), denunciante (denunciator, spy), delator (blackmouth, delator, informer, squealer, talebearer, taleteller), borracho (drunk, drunkard, rummy, screwed, toper). (various references)

Romanian		persoanã cu vocea ascuţitã, persoanã care ţipã, pasãre micã, pârâtor (delator, informer, tale teller, telltale), obiect care scârţâie. (various references)

Russian		доносчик (checker, delator, denunciator, fink, informer, nark, noser, rat, sneak, sneaker, snitch, squeal, squealer, tattletale, whistle-blower, whistler). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prase (pig, piggy, piglet), pištalica, gica (piggy, piggywiggy). (various references)

Spanish		pichón (dove, duck, fledgeling, fledgling, pigeon, squab), palomito (squab), palomino (squab), chirriador (squeaky). (various references)

Swedish		ungduva (squab), tjallare (fink, nark, squealer). (various references)

Ukrainian		верескун (squealer), пташеня (cheeper, chick, chicken, nestling, poult, pout, squealer). (various references)

Vietnamese		người rít lên người mách lẻo, chỉ điểm chim non, b�" câu non (squealer). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "squeaker": squeakers. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "squeaker" (pronounced skwē"ker)
4	-w ē" k er	weaker.
3	-ē" k er	beaker, bleaker, leaker, meeker, seeker, sleeker, Sneaker, speaker, streaker.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-k-q-r-s-u"
	-1 letter: quaeres, quakers.
	-2 letters: eureka, quaere, quaker, quakes, quarks, queers, rakees, reseau, square, squeak, urease.
	-3 letters: akees, asker, aures, erase, eskar, esker, quake, quare, quark, queer, rakee, rakes, reeks, reuse, saker, saree, ukase, urase, ureas, ursae.
	-4 letters: akee, ares, arks, arse, auks, ears, ease, ekes, eras, kaes, keas, kues, rake, rase, reek, rees, rues, ruse.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-k-q-r-s-u"
	+1 letter: squeakers, squeakier.
	+2 letters: quackeries.
	+3 letters: earthquakes.
	+4 letters: quarterdecks.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
the squeaker	11
puppet squeaker	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Squeaker

Definition: Squeaker

Squeaker

Noun

Specialty Definition: Squeaker

Food & Agriculture

Slang in 1811

Synonyms: Squeaker

Modern Usage: Squeaker

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Squeaker

Books

Usage Frequency: Squeaker

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Squeaker

the squeaker

puppet squeaker

Modern Translation: Squeaker

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Derivations: Squeaker

Derivations

Rhyming with "Squeaker"

Anagrams: Squeaker

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