Verb

(en verb)

To emit a short, high-pitched sound.

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(slang) To inform, to squeal.

* Dryden

If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks , I warrant him.

To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.

(games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to themself in the card game of the same name.

(informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.

* 1999 , Surfer (volume 40, issues 7-12)

allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.

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, year=2011 , date=October 23 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=France were transformed from the feeble, divided unit that had squeaked past Wales in the semi-final, their half-backs finding the corners with beautifully judged kicks from hand, the forwards making yards with every drive and a reorganised Kiwi line-out beginning to malfunction.}}

Verb

(en verb)

To cry or sob softly and intermittently.

The lonely puppy began to whimper as soon as we left the room.

* 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde)

At the sight of Mr. Utterson, the housemaid broke into hysterical whimpering ; and the cook, crying out "Bless God! it's Mr. Utterson," ran forward as if to take him in her arms.

To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain.

* Latimer

Was there ever yet preacher but there were gainsayers that spurned, that winced, that whimpered against him?

To say something in a whimpering manner.

"Master, please don't punish me!" he whimpered .