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English to English noun
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a short high-pitched noise |  | Example: the squeak of shoes on powdery snow
source: wordnet30
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something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin | | source: wordnet30
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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: webster1913 verb
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make a high-pitched, screeching noise | | Example: The door creaked when I opened it slowly
My car engine makes a whining noise
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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