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Definition: Squeaking |
SqueakingAdjective1. Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "squeaking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: SqueakingSynonyms: screaky (adj), screechy (adj), squeaky (adj), squealing (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Squeaking |
| English words defined with "squeaking": chirk, creak, creaking ♦ squeaker, Squeakingly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "squeaking": antisqueak applier, antisqueak chalker, ANTISQUEAK FILLER ♦ BUBBLE AND SQUEAK ♦ chalker, soles ♦ fitting room operator, flare chalker ♦ insole-and-outsole preparer ♦ outsole paraffiner ♦ sole cutter, STOCK FITTER. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Clever | The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Roughly Squeaking (1946) | |
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| Play | Caption |
 | Penguins chirping and squeaking. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | At length you slowly raise, pulling hand over hand, some horned pout squeaking and squirming to the upper air. |
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| "Squeaking" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 78.38% of the time. "Squeaking" is used about 37 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 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 78.38% | 29 | 64,444 |
| Noun (singular) | 16.22% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 5.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 37 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "squeaking": screaky screechy squeaking squeaky squealing. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
brakes squeaking | 8 |
floor squeaking | 6 |
squeaking | 3 |
shoes squeaking | 3 |
shoes squeaking stop | 3 |
squeaking bed | 2 |
fix floor squeaking | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "squeaking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 吱吱叫 (Cheeped, Squeaked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gequietsche (squealing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | derakan (creaking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | cigolio (creak, creaking, grind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | きまり悪い (at once, being ashamed, Eek!, feeling awkward, glisten, glitter, look around restlessly, quickly, right away, sparkle, squeak, tightly, twinkle, Yipe!). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きゅっと (tightly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeestyrnee (creaking, grate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eakingsquay guiţat (squeal, squealing). (various references) скрипеть скрип скрипящий. (various references) bìgeil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Squeaking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: squeeking. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "squeaking" (pronounced skwē"king) |
| 5 | -w ē" k i ng | tweaking. |
| 4 | -ē" k i ng | creaking, critiquing, eking, freaking, leaking, peaking, peeking, reeking, seeking, shrieking, sneaking, speaking, streaking, wreaking. |
| 3 | -k i ng | aching, antismoking, asking, attacking, backing, backtracking, baking, balking, banking, barking, basking, biking, bilking, blanking, blinking, blocking, bloodsucking, booking, bookmaking, braking, breaking, breathtaking, broking, Brooking, bucking, carjacking, caulking, chalking, checking, choking, chucking, clanking, clicking, cloaking, clucking, cocking, coking, cooking, corking, cornhusking, cracking, cranking, croaking, debunking, decking, disliking, docking, dressmaking, drinking, ducking, duking, earmarking, earthshaking, embarking, evoking, faking, filmmaking, flaking, flanking, flicking, flocking, flunking, forking, forsaking, franking, frolicking, fucking, gawking, glassmaking, groundbreaking, hacking, handshaking, hardworking, harking, Hawking, heartbreaking, hijacking, hiking, hitchhiking, Hocking, homemaking, honking, hooking, hulking, interlocking, invoking, jacking, jaywalking, jerking, joking, junking, kayaking, kicking, knocking, lacking, lawbreaking, lawmaking, licking, liking, linking, locking, looking, lovemaking, Lucking, lurking, making, marking, masking, matchmaking, meatpacking, metalworking, milking, mimicking, mistaking, mocking, moneymaking, moviemaking, mucking, muckraking, multitasking, networking, nitpicking, nonbanking, nonsmoking, overbooking, overlooking, overtaking, packing, painstaking, panicking, papermaking, parking, peacemaking, pecking, perking, picking, piggybacking, planking, plinking, plucking, plunking, poking, politicking, provoking, quaking, quarterbacking, racking, raking, ranking, ransacking, rebuking, reinking, remaking, remarking, restocking, retaking, rethinking, revoking, reworking, risking, rocking, rollicking, sacking, shaking, sharking, shirking, shocking, shrinking, shucking, sinking, sleepwalking, smacking, smirking, smoking, snaking, soaking, socking, spacewalking, spanking, sparking, spiking, squawking, stacking, staking, stalking, steelmaking, sticking, stinking, stockbroking, stocking, stoking, striking, stroking, sucking, sulking, tacking, taking, talking, tanking, tasking, thanking, ticking, tracking, trafficking, trekking, tricking, trucking, tucking, undertaking, undocking, unlocking, unpacking, unthinking, viking, waking, walking, whacking, winking, wisecracking, woodworking, working, wracking, wrecking, yanking. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-k-n-q-s-u" | |
-2 letters: guineas, quaking, sinkage. | |
-3 letters: asking, easing, gaskin, genius, guinea, kiangs, kinase, quakes, queans, sequin, squeak. | |
-4 letters: aegis, agues, anise, ankus, eking, gains, genua, genus, ginks, guans, guise, gunks, kagus, kains, kanes, kiang, kinas, kines, kings, negus, neuks, nukes, quags, quais, quake, quasi, quean, quins, segni, sengi, singe, skean, skein, snake, sneak, squeg, suing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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