<p><strong>Noun (plural, squeaks):</strong></p><ul><li>a short, sharp, shrill cry; a sharp, high-pitched sound</li><li>opportunity; chance</li><li>an escape from defeat, danger, death, or destruction (usually qualified by narrow or close)</li><li>extreme foolishness or an instance of it: "Her decision to resign was sheer lunacy."</li><li>unsoundness of mind sufficient to incapacitate one for civil transactions (a former legal term)</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>to utter or emit a squeak or squeaky sound</li><li>Slang: to confess or turn informer; squeal</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to utter or sound with a squeak or squeaks</li></ul><p><strong>Verb phrase:</strong></p><ul><li>to succeed, survive, pass, win, etc., by a very narrow margin: "They can barely squeak by on their income."</li></ul>