squeak

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To give forth a short, shrill cry or sound.
2. v. Slang To turn informer.
3. v. To utter in a thin, shrill voice.
4. n. A short shrill cry or sound, such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge.
5. n. An escape: a close squeak.
6. through To manage barely to pass, win, or survive: squeaked through the test; squeaks by on a limited income.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To utter a short, sharp, shrill cry, as a pig or a rat; make a sharp noise, as a pipe or fife, a wheel or hinge that needs oiling, or the sole of a boot.
2. To break silence or secrecy; speak out; turn informer; “squeal”; peach.
3. To shirk an obligation, as the payment of a debt.
4. To utter with a squeak, or in a squeaking tone.
5. n. A short, sharp, shrill cry, such as that uttered by pigs or mice, or made by a wheel or the hinge of a door when dry.

Wiktionary

1. n. A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.
2. n. games A card game similar to group solitaire.
3. v. intransitive To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
4. v. intransitive, slang To inform, to squeal.
5. v. transitive To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
6. v. intransitive, games To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to themself in the card game of the same name.
7. v. intransitive, informal To win or progress by a narrow margin.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak.
2. v. colloq. To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
3. n. A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly uttered, either of the human voice or of any animal or instrument, such as is made by carriage wheels when dry, by the soles of leather shoes, or by a pipe or reed.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
2. v. make a high-pitched, screeching noise
3. n. a short high-pitched noise