SQUEAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squeaking mean? 

• SQUEAKING (adjective)
  The adjective SQUEAKING has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SQUEAKING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUEAKING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge

Synonyms:

screaky; screechy; squeaking; squeaky; squealing

Similar:

high; high-pitched (used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency)

 Context examples 

But Jim swung the gate open, and up we went, the gravel squeaking beneath our tread.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Issue associated with any unintended sound which emanates from a device (for example, squeaking from two parts rubbing together or buzzing sounds from electrical components).

(Audible Device Noise, NCI Thesaurus)

An endless creaking was going on all about me, the woodwork and the fittings groaning and squeaking and complaining in a thousand keys.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Its panelled rooms, discoloured with the dirt and smoke of a hundred years, I dare say; its decaying floors and staircase; the squeaking and scuffling of the old grey rats down in the cellars; and the dirt and rottenness of the place; are things, not of many years ago, in my mind, but of the present instant.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)