squeaker

[Eng. squeak; -er.] 1. One who or that which squeaks, or utters a shrill cry or noise. 2. A term applied to young birds, of various species, as a young pigeon, a young partridge, . "Going on to where the lunch was to meet us, I killed an old bird and a squeaker ." -St. James's Gazette, Sept. 1, 1886. squeak-ing, pr . par . or a. [SQUEAK, v.] squeak-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. squeaking ; -ly.] In a squeaking manner; with a squeaking noise. *squeak-lět, s. [Eng. squeak ; dim in. suff. -let .] A little squeak. "Vehement shrew-mouse squeak lets ." - Carlyle: Miscellanies, iii. 49. squeal, *squeale, *squelen, v. i. [ Sw.squāla = to squeal; Norw. skvella.] I. Ord. Lang.: To utter a more or le prolonged cry with a shrill, sharp voice, as certain animals do when in want, pain, or displeasure. "She pinched me, and called me squealing chit."- Tat tler , No. 15. II. Slang: To betray one's confederates in crime; to peach (q.v.). ( Slang .) squēal, subst. [SQUEAL, v.] A sharp, shrill cry, more or le prolonged. squeamish, * squam - ish, *squem - ous, *squaim-ous, *squeym-ous, a . [Mid. Eng. sweem , swaim swimming in the head, vertigo, from Icel. about, a slight intoxication man sveimr -a bustle, a stir; Norw. sveim a hovering Icel.swimiza swimming in the head; Sw.swimning =a swoon; Dut. zwijm a swoon; Icel. svima = to be giddy; O. Sw. swim a to be dizzy; Sw. swimmo =to faint.] Having a stomach that is easily turned or nauseated; hence, easily disgusted; nice to exce ; easily offended at trifles; fastidious, scrupulous. "He was glad that the consciences of other men were le squeamish ."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. x. For the difference between squeamish and fas tidious , see FASTIDIOUS. squeam-Ish-ly, adv . [English squeamish ; -ly.] In a squeamish or fastidious manner; fastidiously. ( Congreve : Ovid Imitated . ) squeam-Ish-ne , s . [Eng. squeamish : -ne .] The quality or state of being squeamish, fastidious, or scrupulous; fastidiousne . "I have been so far from that effeminate squeamishne ."- Boyle : Works, ii. 14. *squēaş-i-ne , subst . [English squeasy ; -ne .] Nausea, squeasine . "A squeasine and rising up of the heart against any mean, vulgar, or mechanical condition of men." Hammond: Works , iv. 614. *squēaş-ỹ, a. [An intensive from queasy (q. v.).] Queasy, nice, squeamish, fastidious, scrupulous. "In squeasy stomachs honey turns to gall." Dryden. (Latham.)