Squeaky
adjective
Making high pitched, short sounds, like a door hinge that needs oiling.
The old door made a squeaky sound when it opened.
Often appears as...
- squeaky door
- squeaky voice
adjective
Absolutely clean, pure or correct.
She keeps her house squeaky clean.
Often appears as...
- squeaky clean records
- squeaky clean reputation
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Having a high, often unpleasant voice.
Her squeaky voice is quite distinctive.
Often appears as...
- squeaky voice
- squeaky laugh
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Making high pitched, short sounds, like a door hinge that needs oiling.
The old door made a squeaky sound when it opened.
Often appears as...
- squeaky door
- squeaky voice
adjective
Absolutely clean, pure or correct.
She keeps her house squeaky clean.
Often appears as...
- squeaky clean records
- squeaky clean reputation
Usage tips
Approving
adjective
Having a high, often unpleasant voice.
Her squeaky voice is quite distinctive.
Often appears as...
- squeaky voice
- squeaky laugh
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'squeaky' to describe noises often considered annoying or in need of repair.
The squeaky wheel on the cart was driving me nuts.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Imagery
'Squeaky' evokes a vivid sound image; use it to help listeners imagine the noise.
He walked stealthily, but his squeaky boots gave him away.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeic Use
'Squeaky' mimics the actual sound it describes, making it onomatopoeic.
The mouse's squeaky noise scared the cat.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'squeaky' to describe noises often considered annoying or in need of repair.
The squeaky wheel on the cart was driving me nuts.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Imagery
'Squeaky' evokes a vivid sound image; use it to help listeners imagine the noise.
He walked stealthily, but his squeaky boots gave him away.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeic Use
'Squeaky' mimics the actual sound it describes, making it onomatopoeic.
The mouse's squeaky noise scared the cat.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'squeaky' to describe noises often considered annoying or in need of repair.
The squeaky wheel on the cart was driving me nuts.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Imagery
'Squeaky' evokes a vivid sound image; use it to help listeners imagine the noise.
He walked stealthily, but his squeaky boots gave him away.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeic Use
'Squeaky' mimics the actual sound it describes, making it onomatopoeic.
The mouse's squeaky noise scared the cat.
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Adam Grant: What frogs...
climate change or a democracy in peril. We fail to recognize the danger because we're reluctant to rethink the situation. We struggle with rethinking in all kinds of situations. We expect our squeaky brakes to keep working, until they finally fail on the freeway. We believe the stock market will keep going up,
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Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...
had a similar type of thing but it was just brief this was so close and full-on whooping but in the squeaky squeaky little calm voice and Reuben came bounding back straight to her cub now like I said we haven't seen the second cabin in a couple days and after they were playing rough and tough about two
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The mysterious microbes...
most of the cells die off, of course, because they're starving. But a few of the cells survive. If you take these old surviving cells and compete them, also under starvation conditions, against a new, fast-growing culture of E. coli, the grizzled old tough guys beat out the squeaky clean upstarts
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Finding Little Owls in...
What would this have been, and this would have been the workbench, oh, they still got the vice. look at this! Bit squeaky now, but it works. A saw, This is an antique. Look how the spiderwebs have just completely overtaken it as well. Put your hand under it. Let's see if it works.
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Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
having that sinister evil laugh as it picks and breaks open the skin maybe that's how it's laughing I don't know it'd have to kind of think of a ox pickle off would it be deep and sinister would it be high-pitched and squeaky that would make it quite funny I'm not
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How whales breathe,...
You have to be able to take this energy and amplify it through the water. That's what whales do. And when you hear their sound -- it's kind of like when you squeak the air out of a balloon. So they get a lot of squeaky noises, but they also have this
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Architecture that's...
put on a worn sweatshirt and he'd scrape away at the squeaky old wheel of a house that we lived in. I wouldn't even call it restoration; it was a ritual, catharsis. He would spend all year scraping paint with this old heat gun and a spackle knife,
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Life-changing encounter...
So I thought now is the time to give it a go. So I made a few squeaky noises like this and suddenly two other birds flew down, a male and a female. Clearly the mother and the father of this baby monarch,
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Squeaky Toy Trauma PIPE Dog...
Cesar first wants to see for himself how kolbar reacts to squeaky toys good girl Jin D good girl
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Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
night with my squeaky car squeak squeak squeak squeak
Video examples
Adam Grant: What frogs...
climate change or a democracy in peril. We fail to recognize the danger because we're reluctant to rethink the situation. We struggle with rethinking in all kinds of situations. We expect our squeaky brakes to keep working, until they finally fail on the freeway. We believe the stock market will keep going up,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 364 PIPE...
had a similar type of thing but it was just brief this was so close and full-on whooping but in the squeaky squeaky little calm voice and Reuben came bounding back straight to her cub now like I said we haven't seen the second cabin in a couple days and after they were playing rough and tough about two
Video examples
The mysterious microbes...
most of the cells die off, of course, because they're starving. But a few of the cells survive. If you take these old surviving cells and compete them, also under starvation conditions, against a new, fast-growing culture of E. coli, the grizzled old tough guys beat out the squeaky clean upstarts
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
What would this have been, and this would have been the workbench, oh, they still got the vice. look at this! Bit squeaky now, but it works. A saw, This is an antique. Look how the spiderwebs have just completely overtaken it as well. Put your hand under it. Let's see if it works.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 292 PIPE...
having that sinister evil laugh as it picks and breaks open the skin maybe that's how it's laughing I don't know it'd have to kind of think of a ox pickle off would it be deep and sinister would it be high-pitched and squeaky that would make it quite funny I'm not
Video examples
How whales breathe,...
You have to be able to take this energy and amplify it through the water. That's what whales do. And when you hear their sound -- it's kind of like when you squeak the air out of a balloon. So they get a lot of squeaky noises, but they also have this
Video examples
Architecture that's...
put on a worn sweatshirt and he'd scrape away at the squeaky old wheel of a house that we lived in. I wouldn't even call it restoration; it was a ritual, catharsis. He would spend all year scraping paint with this old heat gun and a spackle knife,
Video examples
Life-changing encounter...
So I thought now is the time to give it a go. So I made a few squeaky noises like this and suddenly two other birds flew down, a male and a female. Clearly the mother and the father of this baby monarch,
Video examples
Squeaky Toy Trauma PIPE Dog...
Cesar first wants to see for himself how kolbar reacts to squeaky toys good girl Jin D good girl
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 222 PIPE...
night with my squeaky car squeak squeak squeak squeak
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Quote examples
Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
In my experience as a therapist and as a friend, it seems that the majority of the breakup resources available are for women and not men. Women, who tend to be more vocal about their emotional struggles, are the squeaky wheel that gets the grease from friends, from online communities, from books, and from therapeutic approaches.
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Rag'n'Bone Man
English Musician
I used to sing as a kid, but it was quite squeaky. I think I was about 19 or 20, and we used to go to these jam sessions and open mics. I just got the courage to sing one day. I don't think anyone expected it to sound like that.
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Charlie Day
American Actor
Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.
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Austin Mahone
American Musician
I told my fans online how I hated my squeaky office chair. One day, a fan sent me a new chair. It was crazy! I still use the chair today. Pretty awesome.
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Rick Springfield
American Musician
I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.
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Evelyn Glennie
Scottish Musician
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
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Rachel Nichols
American Actress
Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
Your skin is like a plant. You have to water it. Make sure it's hydrated, not just squeaky clean.
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Park Chan-wook
South Korean Director
It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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Jeff Ross
American Comedian
Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
In my experience as a therapist and as a friend, it seems that the majority of the breakup resources available are for women and not men. Women, who tend to be more vocal about their emotional struggles, are the squeaky wheel that gets the grease from friends, from online communities, from books, and from therapeutic approaches.
Quote examples
Rag'n'Bone Man
English Musician
I used to sing as a kid, but it was quite squeaky. I think I was about 19 or 20, and we used to go to these jam sessions and open mics. I just got the courage to sing one day. I don't think anyone expected it to sound like that.
Quote examples
Charlie Day
American Actor
Starting out, I bet I didn't get a lot of parts because of my strange voice. I'm not consciously thinking, 'Hey, sound like a squeaky dog toy mixed with a bagful of rusty nails.' It's just what my voice has done.
Quote examples
Austin Mahone
American Musician
I told my fans online how I hated my squeaky office chair. One day, a fan sent me a new chair. It was crazy! I still use the chair today. Pretty awesome.
Quote examples
Rick Springfield
American Musician
I've never said, 'I'm squeaky clean.' It's always the people who project that image that are hiding something. No one's squeaky clean.
Quote examples
Evelyn Glennie
Scottish Musician
I walk into a kids' store, and it's amazing, the types of instruments - little squeaky things, rattling things, spinning tops.
Quote examples
Rachel Nichols
American Actress
Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
Quote examples
Emily Weiss
American Businesswoman
Your skin is like a plant. You have to water it. Make sure it's hydrated, not just squeaky clean.
Quote examples
Park Chan-wook
South Korean Director
It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
Quote examples
Jeff Ross
American Comedian
Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean.
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