Meaning & use
squeaky
Making or characterized by a short, high-pitched sound, often from friction between hard surfaces.
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The squeaky floorboard outside my bedroom door always gives away late-night trips to the kitchen.
He oiled the squeaky hinge so the gate would finally swing open in silence.
A note on using this word
In the idiom squeaky clean, the word means thoroughly clean or, figuratively, entirely honest and above reproach.
Words with a similar meaning
creakyshrill
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