squeak

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a short high-pitched noise (Freq. 1)
- the squeak of shoes on powdery snow
• Derivationally related forms:
squeaky
• Hypernyms:
noise
2. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
• Syn:
close call, close shave, squeaker, narrow escape
• Hypernyms:
accomplishment, achievement

II - verb

make a high-pitched, screeching noise (Freq. 3)
- The door creaked when I opened it slowly
- My car engine makes a whining noise
• Syn:
whine, screech, creak, screak, skreak
• Derivationally related forms:
creaking (for: creak), creak (for: creak), screech (for: screech), screeching (for: screech), squeaker
• Hypernyms:
make noise, resound, noise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Cars squeak in the streets
- The streets squeak with cars

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  close call, close shave, squeaker, narrow escape, whine, screech, creak, screak, skreak