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squeak

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1. squeak - Noun

2. squeak - Verb

Meaning

To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.

To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.

A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Such is the prestige of the Nobel award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession and in the great and good men who have practiced it through the ages. John Steinbeck

I have occasionally had the exquisite thrill of putting my finger on a little capsule of truth, and heard it give the faint squeak of mortality under my pressure. E. B. White

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession. John Steinbeck

Badly oiled wheels will squeak. Russian Proverb

The mouse in the wall may look at a cat, but he is wise not to squeak about it. Darkovan Proverb

If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest squeak. Dutch Proverb

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