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- DictionarySqueak·y clean/ˈskwēkē klēn/
adjective
- 1. completely clean: informal "squeaky clean restrooms"
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The meaning of SQUEAKY-CLEAN is completely clean. How to use squeaky-clean in a sentence.
SQUEAKY-CLEAN definition: 1. completely clean: 2. Someone who is squeaky-clean is completely good and honest and never does…. Learn more.
Squeaky-clean means completely clean—as clean as possible. The term comes from the squeaky sound that often happens when you run your finger over a smooth, clean surface, like a countertop of a windowpane, or when you rub a strand of wet hair after it’s been washed.
SQUEAKY-CLEAN meaning: 1. completely clean: 2. Someone who is squeaky-clean is completely good and honest and never does…. Learn more.
1. Perfectly clean: squeaky-clean hair. 2. Free from moral fault or taint; untarnished and virtuous: "Despite its squeaky-clean image, [the agency] suffered waste and inefficiency" (William D. Marbach). American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
If you say that someone is squeaky clean, you mean that they live a very moral life and have never done anything wrong.
morally correct in every way; that cannot be criticized. an all-American boy with a squeaky clean image. politicians who are less than squeaky clean. The new leader was seen as being dynamic and squeaky clean. See squeaky clean in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: squeaky clean.
