Definition of: squeak

(skwēk) noun
1. A thin, sharp, penetrating sound.
2. Colloq. A narrow margin; the least amount; a hairbreadth: in the phrase a narrow (or close) squeak.
—v.i.
1. To make a squeak.
2. Colloq. To let out information; squeal.
3. To succeed or otherwise progress after narrowly averting failure or reversal: He just managed to squeak through.
—v.t.
4. To utter or effect with a squeak.
5. To cause to squeak. [ME squeke, prob. <Scand. Cf. Sw. sqväka croak.]
—squeak′er noun