squeak

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  1. intransitive verb To give forth a short, shrill cry or sound.
  2. intransitive verb Slang To turn informer.
  3. transitive verb To utter in a thin, shrill voice.
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  1. Middle English squeken, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse skvakka, to croak.

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  1. English dial. also sweak; from Swedish sqväka, croak, = Norwegian skvaka, cackle, = Icelandic skvakka, sound like water shaken in a bottle; an imitative word, parallel to similar forms without initial s—namely, Swedish qväka = Danish qvakka, croak, quack, = Icelandic kvaka, twitter, chatter, etc.: see quack. Cf. squawk.
  2. from squeak, v.
 

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