squeaker

One that squeaks.

Something, such as an election, that is won, passed, or achieved by the narrowest of margins or at the very last moment.

A European water-beetle, Pelobius tardus, which is a very loud stridulator. They are sold as curiosities in the London markets.

Any stridulating crab, as the American lady-crab.

One who or that which squeaks.

A young bird, as a pigeon, partridge, or quail; a chirper; a peeper; a squealer.

An Australian crow-shrike of the genus Strepera, as S. cuneicauda (oftener called anaphonensis, after Temminck, 1824, a specific name antedated by the one given by Vieillot in 1816), mostly of a grayish color, 19 inches long: so called from its cries.

One who confesses, or turns informer.

One who, or that which, squeaks.

The Australian gray crow shrike (Strepera anaphonesis); — so called from its note.