squeaker

[ skwee-ker ]

/ ˈskwi kər /

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a person or thing that squeaks.

Informal. a contest or game won by a very small margin.

Informal. a dangerous situation.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1635–45; squeak + -er¹

This rabbit has squeakers in its head, torso and all four appendages, each pitched to a slightly different note.
My dog barked at me. What’s going on in that canine skull of his?|John Kelly|January 31, 2021|Washington Post
This was true after Florida, Nevada, and even that home-state squeaker, Michigan.
Fed-Up Press Ready to Call the Republican Race, But the Math Matters|John Avlon|March 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Obama is more likely to win in a squeaker than with a Reagan-sized mandate.
Will a Reelected President Obama Face More Gridlock in 2013?|Eleanor Clift|December 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Diaz-Balarts, both in squeaker races, are fighting for their political lives.
Trouble In Florida|A. L. Bardach|October 30, 2008|DAILY BEAST

Squeaker would lend me a guinea with pleasure; he is a large-minded man, I am sure.
Cripps, the Carrier|R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
And, in almost the same way, the bunny uncle had saved Squeaker, when his wooden house was blown over by the wolf.
Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard |Howard R. Garis
So I set a trap and next night had a specimen of the Squeaker as well as a couple of the omnipresent Deer-mice.
Wild Animals at Home|Ernest Thompson Seton
The globes set up their seductive rhythms as before, but he could not hear them above the discord of his squeaker.
The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart
They tried to herd him into the first cave on the right, but he had remembered the squeaker; they could not distract him.
The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart