Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Making a high-pitched sound: Describes something that produces a short, sharp, high-pitched noise, often like the sound of a mouse or a rusty hinge.

Usage

• The adjective squeaky is used to describe a sound or the thing producing that sound. It often implies a sharp, high, and sometimes unpleasant or annoying noise. It is commonly used before a noun or after a linking verb like "is," "sounds," or "feels."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The door has a squeaky hinge that needs oil.
  • She heard a squeaky noise coming from the attic.
  • The old wooden floorboards are very squeaky.

Advanced Usage

• "squeaky clean": This is an idiom meaning extremely clean, or morally beyond reproach.
  • After the scandal, the politician tried to present a squeaky clean image.
  • The kitchen floor was squeaky clean after she mopped it.

Variants and Related Words

• Squeak (verb/noun): To make a squeaky sound, or the sound itself.

  • The mouse will squeak if it's scared.
  • I heard a little squeak from the toy.

• Squeakily (adverb): In a squeaky manner.

  • The wheel turned squeakily.

Synonyms

• Screechy: Making a loud, high, and unpleasant sound.
• Creaky: Making a harsh, high-pitched sound when pressure or friction is applied (often used for old wood or metal).

Related Phrases

• Squeaky wheel gets the grease: This idiom means the person who complains the most or is the most noticeable gets attention or service.
  • I had to call customer service three times, but the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Adjective

1. having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge