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squeak

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squeak \Squeak\, v. i. [imp.& p. p. {Squaked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Squeaking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw.
   sqv["a]ka to croak, Icel. skvakka to give a sound as of water
   shaken in a bottle.]
   1. 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.

            Who can endure to hear one of the rough old Romans
            squeaking through the mouth of an eunuch? --Addison.

            Zoilus calls the companions of Ulysses the
            ``squeaking pigs'' of Homer.          --Pope.

   2. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or
      punishment; to speak; to confess. [Colloq.]

Squeak \Squeak\, n.
   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 : WordNet®

squeak
     v : make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked
         when I opened it slowly" [syn: {screech}, {creak}, {screak},
          {skreak}]

squeak
     n 1: a short high-pitched noise; "the squeak of of shoes on
          powdery snow"
     2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: {close
        call}, {close shave}, {squeaker}, {narrow escape}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Squeak
     
         1. 
     
        ["Squeak: A Language for Communicating with Mice", L. Cardelli
        et al, Comp Graphics 19(3):199-204, July 1985].
     
        See {Newsqueak}.
     
        2. A {Smalltalk} implementation and a media {authoring} tool
        by members of the original {Xerox PARC} team which created
        Smalltalk ({Alan Kay}, Dan Ingalls, et al).  Squeak is an
        {open-source} implementation, with a highly portable {virtual
        machine} implemented in a subset of Smalltalk (translated into
        {C} and compiled by a C {compiler} of the target {platform}).
     
        {Squeak Home (http://www.squeak.org/)}.
     
        {SqueakCentral (http://www.squeakland.org/)}.
     
        (2002-11-03)
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