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Squeaky

Definition: Squeaky

Squeaky

Adjective

1. 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 "squeaky" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references)


Synonyms: Squeaky

Synonyms: screaky (adj), screechy (adj), squeaking (adj), squealing (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Squeaky

DomainUsage

Screenplays

My colon is squeaky clean! (The Nutty Professor; writing credit: Jerry Lewis; Bill Richmond)

Squeaky Fromme, where are you when we need you? (Desperate Living; writing credit: John Waters)

I hope she doesn't have one of those high squeaky voices like the mice in 'Cinderella', I hate that! (You've Got Mail; writing credit: Nora Ephron)

Lyrics

Could you be, could you be squeaky clean (Sowing The Seeds of Love; performing artist: Tears For Fears)

Movie/TV Titles

The Talking Cat Squeaky Mulligan (1947)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Squeaky

DomainTitle

Books

  • Baby Chick's Day (Baxter, Nicola. Soft & Squeaky Board Books.) (reference)

  • Butterfly's Surprise : Squeaky Bug Books (reference)

  • Squeaky Clean (reference)

  • Squeaky Clean Jokes for Kids (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Squeaky".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Rapping on a squeaky door.Closing of a door with squeaky hinges.
Squeaky door.Closing and latching a squeaky chain-link gate.
Squeaky door.Squeaky toy beep.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Squeaky

"Squeaky" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.69% of the time. "Squeaky" is used about 97 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)89.69%8735,390
Noun (proper)10.31%10111,207
                    Total100.00%97N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Squeaky

Expression using "squeaky": screaky screechy squeaking squeaky squealing. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "squeaky": squeaky-clean, squeaky-voiced.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Squeaky

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

squeaky floor

37

soft squeaky

3

squeaky shoes

31

floor hardwood screw squeaky

3

squeaky

26

frome squeaky

3

brakes squeaky

21

squeaky cheese

3

fromme squeaky

17

belt fan squeaky

3

fix squeaky floor

13

break squeaky

3

fix shoes squeaky

11

joe squeaky

3

squeaky clean

11

bicycle brakes squeaky

3

squeaky wheel

8

repairing squeaky floor

2

fromme lynette squeaky

6

stop squeaky floor

2

squeaky toy

6

2 floor pdf silence squeaky step

2

floor repair squeaky

5

floor kit squeaky

2

fixing floor squeaky

5

clean florida squeaky

2

door squeaky

4

2 floor squeaky step

2

floor hardwood squeaky

4

2 floor silence squeaky step

2

shoes squeaky stop

4

floor squeaky wood

2

fromm squeaky

4

air conditioner fan squeaky

2

squeaky stairs

4

bed fix squeaky

2

squeaky zone

4

bone.com squeaky

2

bed squeaky

4

dryer squeaky

2

dog squeaky toy

3

pajero squeaky

2

remedy shoes squeaky

3

pajero squeaky

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Squeaky

Language Translations for "squeaky"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kërcitës (creaky, rattling, strident), angulluës (squealer). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حاد (abrupt, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, avid, be sharp, biting, brisk, clear, cutting, exquisite, heavy, incisive, intense, intensified, intensive, keen, loud, nasal, penetrating, petulant, piercing, piquant, pithy, poignant, pointed, prompt, pronounced, pungent, quick, ripe, rough, salty, severe, sharp, shrill, strident, strong, trenchant). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

скърцащ (creaky, grinding, scratchy), креслив (loud, loudmouthed, pipy, scrannel), писклив (piping, reedy, scrannel, shrill). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

尖叫 (scream, Screamed, screaming, shrieked, shrieking). (various references)

   

Czech

  

skřípavý (grating, grinding, gritty), vrzavý (creaky, grating, strident), pištivý. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

جیغ جیغو(squeaker), دارای صدای شبیه جغدیاموش . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

narisevat kengät (squeaky shoes). (various references)

   

French

  

grinçant, aigu. (various references)

   

German

  

quietschend (creaky, squeaking). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τρίζων (crepitant, squeaker), τσιρίζων (squeaker). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מציץ (peeper, peeping tom), חורק (creaky, grating). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vinnyogó, nyikorgó (creaking, grating, jarring, rasping, strident), nyüszítő, csikorgó (creaking, crunchy, grating, jarring, strident). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stridulo (grating, harsh, sharp, shrill, strident). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eakysquay

   

Portuguese

  

que guincha ou chia. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

scârţâit (creak, creaky, crunch, rasping, scrape, scraping, scratch, screak, squeak), care scârţâie (creaky). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

скрипучий (creaky, crunchy, grating, rasping, scrannel, scratchy, screechy, strident). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

kreštav (blatant, screamy, screechy, shrill), škripav (creaky, grate, rasping, scrannel, scratchy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

rechinador (creaky), chirriador (squeaker). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pipig (barrelled, pipy, reedy, whining). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tiz sesli (treble), gıcırtılı (creaky, rasping), cızırtılı (scratchy, sizzling, stray, wheezy). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

скрипучий (creaking, creaky, grating, rasping, scratchy, strident), пискливий. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

cót két (creaky). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Squeaky

Misspellings

"Squeaky" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sqeak, sqeaky, squay, squeek, squek, squinky, sqweak. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Squeaky"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "squeaky" (pronounced skwē"kē)
3-ē" k ēcheeky, creaky, dashiki, freaky, geeky, leaky, sneaky.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Squeaky

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-k-q-s-u-y"

-1 letter: quakes, queasy, squeak.

-2 letters: quake, quaky, quays, queys, ukase, yeuks.

-3 letters: auks, ayes, easy, eyas, kaes, kays, keas, keys, kues, quay, quey, sake, skua, syke, ukes, yaks, yeas, yeuk, yuks.

-4 letters: ask, auk, aye, ays, eau, kae, kas, kay, kea, key, kue, qua, sae, sau, say, sea, ska, sky, sue, suq, uke, use, yak.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-k-q-s-u-y"
 

+4 letters: youthquakes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Sounds
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Bibliography


  

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