squeaker
squeaker Lexical Profile
squeaker Game Scores & Validity
• noun
North American A competition, game, or election that is won by a very narrow margin.
"The championship basketball game turned out to be a real squeaker, decided in the final two seconds."
A small device or mechanism inside a toy that produces a short, high-pitched sound when squeezed.
"Our puppy chewed on the plush duck until he finally punctured the plastic squeaker inside."
A young bird, especially a young domestic pigeon or squab before it has learned to fly, named for its high-pitched begging calls.
"The breeder checked the nesting boxes to make sure each squeaker was being fed properly by the parent birds."
Any of various African freshwater catfishes of the genus Synodontis (family Mochokidae), known for producing audible stridulating sounds by rubbing their pectoral spines when disturbed.
"The aquarium exhibit featured an upside-down squeaker swimming gracefully among the submerged roots."