Verb

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(squeak)

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

(head)

(nonstandard, humorous) (squeeze)

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, year=1995 , year_published= , edition=2, reprint, revised , editor= , author= , quotee=President Ronald Reagan, 1985 , title=Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Merriam-Webster , isbn=9780877791324 , page=16 , passage=Ronald Reagan …:

I picked at it and squoze' it and so forth …

'''Squoze is apparently the most common of a number of dialectal variants of the past tense of ''squeeze . It is attested in both British and American dialect: The OED Supplement shows it in American English since 1844. }}

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, date=2009-03-09 , year= , first= , last= , author=John DeNardo , authorlink= , title=SF Signal Welcomes Pete Tzinski , site=SF Signal citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-09-18 , passage=Just when you think we squoze (yes, that’s a word) the blogosphere dry, }}