squeaker

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

squeaker
    n 1: any artifact that makes a squeaking sound when used; "those
         sneakers are squeakers"; "which hinge is the squeaker?"
    2: something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin [syn:
       {close call}, {close shave}, {squeak}, {squeaker}, {narrow
       escape}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Squeaker \Squeak"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
   1. One who, or that which, squeaks.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) The Australian gray crow shrike ({Strepera
      anaphonesis}); -- so called from its note.
      [1913 Webster]

   3.
      (a) A contest won by a small margin.
      (b) A narrow escape from harm. [Colloq.]
          [PJC]

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