Squoke vs Squoze - What's the difference?
squoke | squoze |
(squeak)
A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.
(games) A card game similar to group solitaire.
To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
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(slang) To inform, to squeal.
* Dryden
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.
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(nonstandard, humorous) (squeeze)
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As verbs the difference between squoke and squoze
is that squoke is (squeak) while squoze is (nonstandard|humorous) (squeeze).squoke
English
Verb
(head)squeak
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks , I warrant him.
- allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.
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Derived terms
* squeaky * squeak byAnagrams
* English onomatopoeiassquoze
English
Verb
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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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