squeaker

[ skwee-ker ]

/ ˈskwi kər /

a person or thing that squeaks.

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

Informal. a dangerous situation.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1635–45; squeak + -er¹

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
But the monster got me when I fell and the 'squeaker' was broken.
The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart
And I will too, if you so much as open your squeaker again!'
The Castle Inn|Stanley John Weyman

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
I escaped its lure at first because of the 'squeaker' I carried with me.
The Beast of Space|F.E. Hardart
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