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Etymology
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[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]squeaker (plural squeakers)
- One who or that which squeaks.
- A party toy that uncoils with a squeaking sound when blown; a party puffer.
- (slang) An informer.
- (US) A game or election won by a narrow margin.
- An animal that squeaks.
- An Australian grey crow-shrike or grey currawong (Strepera versicolor plumbea).
- A piglet of the wild boar.
- Any of family Arthroleptidae, of frogs.
- Any of genus Synodontis, of catfish.
- A young bird; a cheeper.
- A squab or young domestic pigeon still in the nest.
- (slang) An act of flatulence; a fart.
- 2014, Daley James Francis, Walking Up a Slide:
- He sat down, let out a squeaker, and then unloaded his entire wedding breakfast into the pan. Cheers buddy. Nothing kills a moment of nostalgia better than a fat man using the shithouse.
- (slang) A child, especially an illegitimate one.
Translations
[edit]a young user on a voice chat system who has a high-pitched voice
References
[edit]- “squeaker”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
squeaker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Strepera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Further reading
[edit]- “squeaker n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present
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