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/skwee"kee kleen"/, adj. Informal.1. scrupulously clean.2. virtuous, wholesome, and above reproach: a squeaky-clean reputation.
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squeaky clean — If something is squeaky clean, it is very clean indeed spotless. If a person is squeaky clean, they have no criminal record and are not suspected of illegal or immoral activities … The small dictionary of idiomes
squeaky clean — adjective INFORMAL 1. ) extremely clean 2. ) always behaving in a completely moral and honest way: He has lost his squeaky clean image … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
squeaky-clean — [skwē′kē klēn′] adj. Informal 1. very clean 2. having no faults or defects; wholesome, unsullied, irreproachable, etc.: Also squeaky clean … English World dictionary
squeaky clean — adjective 1. Orig, of wet hair, so clean that it squeaks when pulled 2. Spotlessly clean 3. (of a person) impeccable, wholesome, virtuous, above criticism or reproach (often slightly derogatory) • • • Main Entry: ↑squeak … Useful english dictionary
squeaky clean — ► ADJECTIVE informal 1) completely clean. 2) beyond reproach … English terms dictionary
squeaky-clean — ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : completely clean squeaky clean hair 2. : completely free from moral taint of any kind a squeaky clean reputation * * * adj 1 : completely clean The glass is squeaky clean … Useful english dictionary
squeaky clean — also squeaky clean ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong. [INFORMAL] Maybe this guy isn t so squeaky clean after all. ...his desire to foster a squeaky… … English dictionary
squeaky clean — 1. someone who is squeaky clean is completely good and honest and never does anything bad. Journalists have been trying to discover whether the Senator really is as squeaky clean as he claims to be. 2. completely clean. I love the squeaky clean… … New idioms dictionary
squeaky clean — mod. very clean. (Like a clean glass that squeaks when one rubs a finger on it.) □ I got this floor squeaky clean. Don’t spill anything on it. □ Somebody tracked mud on my squeaky clean floor! … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
squeaky-clean — adjective Date: 1968 1. completely clean < squeaky clean hair > 2. completely free from moral taint of any kind < a squeaky clean reputation > … New Collegiate Dictionary
squeaky clean — If something is squeaky clean, it is very clean indeed spotless. If a person is squeaky clean, they have no criminal record and are not suspected of illegal or immoral activities. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
