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Meaning of Squeak | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
skwiːk

Definitions

  1. The British War Medal.
    UK, World-War-I, slang
  2. A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
    countable
  3. A card game similar to group solitaire.
    uncountable
  4. A narrow squeak.
    countable, slang

Equivalents

العربية الصرير
Български скърцам
Bosanski pipa
Català xerric
Español chirrear chirriar chirrido rechinar
Gaeilge gíog
हिन्दी चीख़
Hrvatski pipa
Magyar beköp köp
Bahasa Indonesia berdecit cicit mencicit mendecit
Italiano squittio squittire
Kurdî kop kop pişk
Latina destico
Te Reo Māori koekoe tētē
Nederlands piepen
Polski kwik kwik pisk piszczeć
Português guinchar guincho
Српски pipa
Svenska gola pip pip pipa
Tagalog irit
Українська скрип
Tiếng Việt chít

Examples

“"I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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