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Squeak

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.
  3. A card game similar to group solitaire.
  4. A narrow squeak.

Equivalents

27 more languages
العربيةالصرير
Българскискърцам
BosanskiGolapipa
Catalàxerric
Gaeilgegíog
हिन्दीचीख़
HrvatskiGolapipa
Bahasa Indonesiaberdecitcicitmencicitmendecit
Kurdîkoppişk
Latinadestico
Te Reo Māorikoekoetētē
Nederlandspiepen
Portuguêsguincharguincho
СрпскиGolapipa
Tagalogirit
Українськаскрип
Tiếng Việtchít

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
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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