different between squeak vs caw

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skwi?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

squeak (plural squeaks)

1. A short, high-pitched sound, as of two objects rubbing together, or the calls of small animals.
2. (games) A card game similar to group solitaire.
3. (slang) A narrow squeak.
   • 1905, E. W. Hornung, A Thief in the Night

     "I had the very devil of a squeak for it," he went on. "I did the hurdles over two or three garden-walls, but so did the flyer who was on my tracks, and he drove me back into the straight and down to High Street like any lamplighter. […]

Translations

Verb

squeak (third-person singular simple present squeaks, present participle squeaking, simple past and past participle squeaked)

1. (intransitive) To emit a short, high-pitched sound.
2. (intransitive, slang) To inform, to squeal.

   • If he be obstinate, put a civil question to him upon the rack, and he squeaks, I warrant him.

3. (transitive) To speak or sound in a high-pitched manner.
4. (intransitive, games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.
5. (intransitive, informal) To win or progress by a narrow margin.
   • 1999, Surfer (volume 40, issues 7-12)

     […] allowing Parkinson to squeak into the final by a half-point margin.

Synonyms

• (to inform): drop a dime, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out

Derived terms

• bubble and squeak
• squeakish
• squeaky
• squeak by
• squeak through

Translations

Anagrams

• quakes

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• enPR: kô, IPA^(key): /k??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

caw (plural caws)

1. The harsh cry of a crow.

Coordinate terms

• chatter

Translations

Verb

caw (third-person singular simple present caws, present participle cawing, simple past and past participle cawed)

1. To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.

Translations

Interjection

caw

1. Cry of a crow.

Translations

Anagrams

• ACW, CWA, WAC, WCA

Khumi Chin

Alternative forms

• (Northern Khumi) co

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??/

Noun

caw

1. rice

References

• K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin?^[1], Payap University, page 42

Mapudungun

Noun

caw (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. father

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.