(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
(n.) A sharp, shrill, disagreeable sound suddenly utered, 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) reversed the increase in locomotion and elevation of multiple squeak thresholds in the bilaterally kindled rats.
(2) squeaks Tess, spinning around outside the reception at MediaCityUK, pointing at the deserted metallic acropolis.
(3) Mice appeared hyperreactive after 8-12 min and then squeaked and fought each other.
(4) Pony trekking in Glenshiel Think soft velvety noses, shaggy mains, the heady smell of saddle soap and the reassuring squeak of leather as you saddle up for a trek into the mountains on a sturdy, sure-footed Highland pony.
(5) With the eight lanes of France’s most famous avenue cleared of all traffic on Paris’s first car-free day , the usual cacophony of car-revving and thundering motorbike engines had given way to the squeak of bicycle wheels, the clatter of skateboards, the laughter of children on rollerblades and even the gentle rustling of wind in the trees.
(6) Increased escape behavior, heterogrooming, squeaking, and two cases of stupor were observed, suggesting possible equivalents of anxiousness.
(7) Throw in the 367 he made in the Ashes and he has a first-class aggregate of 1,435 at a squeak over 50.
(8) They barely made it out of the group, they insist on playing with a traffic cone as their third striker and they barely squeaked past a couple of half-decent teams in the knockout stage.
(9) There was barely a squeak of protest when the government announced that the SPA would reach 67 in 2028.” Possible future changes to state pension entitlements were hinted at by the chancellor , Philip Hammond, in his autumn statement when he said: “As we look ahead to the next parliament, we will need to ensure we tackle the challenges of rising longevity and fiscal sustainability.” There are also fears that the government will water down the state pension “triple lock”, which means that the payments rise in line which ever is the highest of average wages, inflation, or 2.5%.
(10) The patients presented with rapidly developing breathlessness, and râles and a high-pitched mid-inspiratory squeak were heard over the lung fields.
(11) I am the only politician in the UK to have led a minority government, which I did between 2007 and 2011, so I know, from difficult experience, how to make the pips squeak,” he said.
(12) They did not record any league wins after that and only squeaked past Stevenage in the semi-final.
(13) "At night you can hear them squeaking," he recorded.
(14) She isn't as enraged about this issue as, say, Jennifer Weiner, the romantic novelist who is on a campaign to be reviewed alongside Jonathan Franzen et al, but, says: "I think they only let a few of us squeak through at a time.
(15) The New Labour revolution of the mid-1994s decreed that, after four successive election defeats, it would be electoral suicide to return to the rhetoric of the 1970s, when the then Labour shadow chancellor, Denis Healey, was reported (inaccurately) as saying that he wanted to squeeze the rich until the "pips squeaked".
(16) That is, the incidence of squeaking and the magnitude of muscular contractions were significantly higher in these animals compared with the gallstone-free mice.
(17) Those involving predominantly the alpha frequency range are alpha squeak, retained alpha, alpha-delta sleep, unilateral decrease in reactivity of alpha activity, and extreme spindles.
(18) The NHS only squeaked through the election with emergency Treasury bungs: two thirds of trusts are in deep debt, quality inspections worsening.
(19) But she has yet to win a state in the north by a convincing margin – squeaking wins in Iowa and Massachusetts by only a few thousand voters – and Sanders won three of the latest four states voting over the weekend.
(20) All had symptoms, signs (wheeze in 11, high pitched inspiratory "squeaks" in six, stridor in three), and physiological abnormalities characteristic of severe or worsening airways obstruction.
Toot
Definition:
(v. i.) To stand out, or be prominent.
(v. i.) To peep; to look narrowly.
(v. t.) To see; to spy.
(v. i.) To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a horn when blown.
(v. t.) To cause to sound, as a horn, the note being modified at the beginning and end as if by pronouncing the letter t; to blow; to sound.
Example Sentences:
(1) The Balakrishnan group's beliefs were mocked in the diary column of the Times, prompting speculation that it may have been a partial model for the Tooting Popular Front, the ludicrous political movement in Citizen Smith, the BBC sitcom, which began in 1977.
(2) Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian At the cutting edge, literally, of NHS treatment, we saw “awake craniotomy” at St George’s hospital, Tooting, south London.
(3) Also, in common with many other criminals, after the scandal of the taping of the current minister of state, Department for Transport, the right honourable member for Tooting [Sadiq Khan], on a prison visit, he believes all these meetings are taped and he says this will back him up.
(4) So I don't actually care whether Gideon had a toot or not.
(5) They shouldn’t have made you feed in a way you didn’t want to, it’s illegal.” Tooting Baby (@Tootingbaby) .
(6) It is now being stopped entirely in Wimbledon, Tooting and Mitcham.
(7) Khan’s side points out that Goldsmith himself invited Gani – who the Tory candidate now describes as “one of the most repellent men in the country” – to a campaign event at the Tooting Islamic Centre.
(8) Khan has been MP for Tooting since 2005 and a government whip since last year.
(9) Janet Eades, a retired teacher from Wandsworth who is leading the campaign against the free school, said: "I would like to know what the demand and need is for this school in Tooting, which was deemed viable by the department of education because there was a need in Lambeth.
(10) Fire engines were sent from East Ham, Ilford, Plaistow, Stratford, Shadwell, Millwall, Homerton, Dagenham, East Greenwich and Tooting fire stations.
(11) Theresa Drzewiecka, 55, is a nurse at the Tooting practice, and said that people also saw her because they were confident of her training.
(12) The odd white van toots at this mass of running students.
(13) The mother was taken to St George's hospital, Tooting, south London, and arrested on suspicion of murder after treatment to minor wounds.
(14) You do not want to be lab rats in the first Corbyn economic experiment in public life.” Khan, the MP for Tooting, has previously sought to distance himself from the Labour leadership, arguing that a key part of the job of London mayor is to be an advocate for the capital and not for a political party.
(15) The generosity of my constituents in Tooting, and people across Britain, has been truly inspiring.
(16) The idea that those people are going to switch to Labour doesn’t make sense.” On the streets of Springboig in the late morning sunshine, Curran cuts a familiar figure, enjoying tooting car horns and welcoming handshakes.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest An ‘awake craniotomy’ at St George’s hospital, Tooting, south London.
(18) The Metronews freesheet went further, saying a Khan victory would make the Tooting MP “ the first Muslim mayor of a European capital ”.
(19) In Tooting, south London, classes showing parents invaluable skills such as how to administer CPR and stop a child from choking will be held at the Trafalgar pub, near St George’s hospital.
(20) The MP for Tooting has demanded ministers put an end to individuals using anonymous off-shore tax havens to buy up houses and land.