"squeaky clean" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-squeaky clean.wav Forms: squeaky-clean [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} squeaky clean (not comparable)
  1. Very clean, like a hard surface that squeaks when rubbed. Tags: not-comparable Translations (very clean): brandschoon (Dutch), putipuhdas (Finnish), blitzsauber (German), patyolattiszta (Hungarian), tandurhreinn (Icelandic), gullende ren (Norwegian), na glanc (Polish), limpio como una patena (Spanish), como los chorros del oro (Spanish), klockren (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-KZqVMwlI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Hygiene Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 9 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 8 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 7 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 4 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 52 13 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 13 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 13 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 14 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 51 13 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 55 12 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 51 13 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 51 14 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 11 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 58 9 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 51 13 36 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 61 20 20 Synonyms: spotless, immaculate, spick-and-span, clean, clean as a bean, clean as a hound's tooth, clean as a new penny, clean as a new pin, clean as a whistle, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span, spotless, squeaky clean, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied Disambiguation of 'very clean': 72 14 14
  2. (by extension) Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean. Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-TKt9VP9d
  3. (by extension) Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean.
    Suitable for mixed audiences
    Tags: broadly, not-comparable Translations (suitable for mixed audiences): harmiton (Finnish), бе́лый и пуши́стый (bélyj i pušístyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-hXmzbSe7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 9 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 4 43 Disambiguation of 'suitable for mixed audiences': 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (beyond reproach): vlekkeloos (Dutch), makellos (German), szeplőtelen (Hungarian), óflekkaður (Icelandic), gan smál (Irish), fläckfri (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'beyond reproach': 1 49 49

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.