Meaning & use
squeaker
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Informal: a contest, game, or election won by a very narrow margin.
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The basketball game turned into a squeaker, decided by a single point.
Pollsters predicted a squeaker in the mayoral race.
A note on using this word
Squeaker is common in American sports and political journalism to describe an extremely close outcome.
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