squeaky

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English squeak

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English squeaky

From squeak + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwiːki/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːki

Adjective

squeaky (comparative squeakier, superlative squeakiest)

1. Tending to produce a high-pitched sound or squeak.
   • 2018, Cube Kid (alias dictus Erik Gunnar Taylor), Diary of an 8-Bit Kitten: Lost in the Nether (Hoopla e-book version), page 49:

     We scared. Boss man make fire from no fire. Boss man make white zap light from no white zap light. Boss man also turn three me friend into flying black squeaky thing. Then he eat flying black squeaky thing. Me so sad. Me so angry. When me see flying black squeaky thing …me remember. Me cry. Me want help beat him.

Derived terms

• squeakily
• squeakiness
• squeaky bum time
• squeaky cheese
• squeaky clean
• squeakyish
• squeaky wheel
• squeaky wheel system
• the squeaky wheel gets the grease
• the squeaky wheel gets the oil
• unsqueaky

Translations

producing a high-pitched sound or squeak

• Bulgarian: писклив (bg) (piskliv), скърцащ (bg) (skărcašt)
• Finnish: nariseva (fi), kitisevä (fi), vinkuva (fi)
• German: quietschend (de)
• Latin: stridens
• Macedonian: писклив (piskliv)
• Polish: piskliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: rangido
• Spanish: chirriante (es), chirriadero, chirriador (es), chirreador (es), chirreante