"squeaky clean" meaning in English

See squeaky clean in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} squeaky clean (not comparable)
  1. Very clean, like a hard surface that squeaks when rubbed. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Hygiene Synonyms: squeaky-clean Translations (very clean): blitzsauber (German), gullende ren (Norwegian), na glanc (Polish), limpio como una patena (Spanish), como los chorros del oro (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-KZqVMwlI Disambiguation of Hygiene: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'very clean': 92 8
  2. (by extension) Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean or suitable for mixed audiences. Tags: broadly, not-comparable Categories (topical): Hygiene Translations (beyond reproach): makellos (German), бе́лый и пуши́стый (bélyj i pušístyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-Hio-Kql6 Disambiguation of Hygiene: 42 58 Disambiguation of 'beyond reproach': 4 96

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for squeaky clean meaning in English (2.9kB)

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "squeaky clean (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "en:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Very clean, like a hard surface that squeaks when rubbed."
      ],
      "id": "en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-KZqVMwlI",
      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "58 42",
          "word": "squeaky-clean"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very clean",
          "word": "blitzsauber"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "very clean",
          "word": "gullende ren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very clean",
          "word": "na glanc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very clean",
          "word": "limpio como una patena"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very clean",
          "word": "como los chorros del oro"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Hygiene",
          "orig": "en:Hygiene",
          "parents": [
            "Health",
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We performed at the birthday party and we kept the plot squeaky clean.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean or suitable for mixed audiences."
      ],
      "id": "en-squeaky_clean-en-adj-Hio-Kql6",
      "links": [
        [
          "reproach",
          "reproach"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean or suitable for mixed audiences."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "beyond reproach",
          "word": "makellos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 96",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bélyj i pušístyj",
          "sense": "beyond reproach",
          "word": "бе́лый и пуши́стый"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "squeaky clean"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English compound adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "en:Hygiene"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "squeaky clean (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Very clean, like a hard surface that squeaks when rubbed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We performed at the birthday party and we kept the plot squeaky clean.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean or suitable for mixed audiences."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reproach",
          "reproach"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) Beyond reproach, honest; morally clean or suitable for mixed audiences."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "squeaky-clean"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very clean",
      "word": "blitzsauber"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "very clean",
      "word": "gullende ren"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very clean",
      "word": "na glanc"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very clean",
      "word": "limpio como una patena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "very clean",
      "word": "como los chorros del oro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beyond reproach",
      "word": "makellos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bélyj i pušístyj",
      "sense": "beyond reproach",
      "word": "бе́лый и пуши́стый"
    }
  ],
  "word": "squeaky clean"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). 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.