squeak

Definition

A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.

Example Sentences

• ""I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]"