squeaker

[skwee-ker]

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noun

a person or thing that squeaks.
Informal. a contest or game won by a very small margin.
Informal. a dangerous situation.

Origin of squeaker

First recorded in 1635–45; squeak + -er¹

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Related Words for squeaker

shocker, cliffhanger, fink, stoolie, gossip, troublemaker, talebearer, telltale, tattler, rumormonger, informer, quidnunc, blabbermouth, snitch, tabby, rat, taleteller, windbag, squealer, busybody

Examples from the Web for squeaker

Contemporary Examples of squeaker

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
The Diaz-Balarts, both in squeaker races, are fighting for their political lives.
Trouble In Florida
A. L. Bardach
October 30, 2008

Historical Examples of squeaker

I escaped its lure at first because of the 'squeaker' I carried with me.
The Beast of Space
F.E. Hardart
But the monster got me when I fell and the 'squeaker' was broken.
The Beast of Space
F.E. Hardart
As one looks at his Punch one feels that such a being is either a squeaker or a mute.
George Cruikshank
W. H. Chesson
And they didn't like me and my squeaker a mossel; but wot did I care.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892
Various
And I will too, if you so much as open your squeaker again!'
The Castle Inn
Stanley John Weyman