(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.
