squeak

noun squeaks

1. countable A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the sounds made by mice and other small animals.
2. uncountable A card game similar to group solitaire.
3. countable, slang A narrow squeak. "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. […]

verb squeaks · squeaking · squeaked

1. intransitive To emit a short, high-pitched sound. But I must warn you that chipboard floors are always likely to squeak. The material is still being used in new-builds, but developers now use adhesive to bed and joint it, rather than screws or nails. I suspect the adhesive will eventually embrittle and crack, resulting in the same squeaking problem
2. intransitive, slang To inform, to squeal. If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.

   Similar: drop a dime

3. transitive To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
4. intransitive To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
5. informal, intransitive To win or progress by a narrow margin. […] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.

   Opposite: romp

Similar: grass up, snitch

proper noun

1. UK, World War I, slang The British War Medal.