"batsqueak" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbatskwiːk/ [UK] Forms: batsqueaks [plural]
Etymology: From bat + squeak. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|bat|squeak}} bat + squeak Head templates: {{en-noun}} batsqueak (plural batsqueaks)
  1. The ultrasonic noise emitted by a bat, especially as used for echolocation.
    Sense id: en-batsqueak-en-noun-A79ZH1kw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12
  2. A faint echo (of something); a tiny pulse, a slight wave (of feeling, emotion etc.).
    Sense id: en-batsqueak-en-noun-SZdhMLu2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, Melveena McKendrick, \"Men Behaving Badly\", Identities in Crisis, Reichenberger 2002, p. 220",
          "text": "Gómez Arias, like don Álvaro, dies without our feeling a batsqueak of regret because neither is given any redeeming features."
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          "ref": "2005, Sue Prideaux, Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream, Yale, published 2007, page 37:",
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