Hypertext Webster Gateway: "squeaker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Squeaker \Squeak"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, squeaks.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The Australian gray crow shrile ({Strepera
anaphonesis}); -- so called from its note.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
squeaker
n 1: any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those
sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?"
2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn: {close
call}, {close shave}, {squeak}, {narrow escape}]
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