squeaker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used
    • those sneakers are squeakers
    • which hinge is the squeaker?
  2. noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin
    squeak; close shave; narrow escape; close call.

WordNet

Squeak"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, squeaks.
  2. (Zoöl.) The Australian gray crow shrile (Strepera anaphonesis); -- so called from its note. 3. A contest won by a slim margin; or a narrow escape from harm.

Webster 1913