squeaker
Americannoun
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a person or thing that squeaks.
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Informal. a contest or game won by a very small margin.
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Informal. a dangerous situation.
Etymology
Origin of squeaker
Example Sentences
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The squeaker was a rematch and nearly a rerun.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025
And the one game they did barely win was a 20-17 squeaker over perhaps the worst team in football, the New England Patriots.
From Washington Times • Nov. 13, 2023
Polling suggests that the candidate they’re choosing to go with is Mark Ronchetti, a weatherman from Albuquerque who lost the 2020 Senate race in a surprisingly close squeaker.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2022
But their 20-19 squeaker over the depleted Baltimore Ravens did little to suppress any lingering concerns about Stafford’s ability to win in the postseason.
From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2022
We've abolished the sounds Of the horn and the hounds— 'Tis the bicycle squeaker that squeals And the pack has been stuffed, Or sent to old Cruft, Now the huntsmen have taken to wheels!
From Mr. Punch in the Hunting Field by Various
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