Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To give forth a loud shrill cry or sound.
- intransitive verb Slang To turn informer; betray an accomplice or secret.
- intransitive verb To utter or produce with a squeal.
- noun A loud, shrill cry or sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To utter a sharp, shrill cry, or a succession of such cries, as expressive of pain, fear, anger, impatience, eagerness, or the like.
- To turn informer; peach; “squeak.”
- noun A shrill, sharp cry, more or less prolonged.
- Infirm; weak.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
- intransitive verb Slang To turn informer; to betray a secret.
- noun A shrill, sharp, somewhat prolonged cry.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
high-pitched sound , as a scream of a child, or noisy worn-down brake pads. - verb To
scream by making ashrill ,prolonged sound. - verb To give
sensitive information about someone to a thirdparty ; torat on someone.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs
- noun a high-pitched howl
- verb confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The old saying that you can eat every part of the pig but the squeal is especially true in Mexican cuisine.
A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb 2008
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The old saying that you can eat every part of the pig but the squeal is especially true in Mexican cuisine.
A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb 2008
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The old saying that you can eat every part of the pig but the squeal is especially true in Mexican cuisine.
A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb 2008
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The fanboy squeal is high and screechy, like rusty nailtips raked across a blackboard, but it always says the same thing.
The Rainbow Coalition: Active socratic 2004
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There came a sort of squeal from the corner of the room.
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"But I'm not going to 'squeal' -- isn't that what they call it when you rail at Fortune because you've, lost the game?"
Whirligigs O. Henry 1886
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At the sight of the packages Philonecron let out what can only be called a squeal—as if he were a young girl on Christmas morning rushing to the tree to find a golden-haired puppy while a hush of snow fell over the world.
The Shadow Thieves Anne Ursu 2006
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At the sight of the packages Philonecron let out what can only be called a squeal—as if he were a young girl on Christmas morning rushing to the tree to find a golden-haired puppy while a hush of snow fell over the world.
The Shadow Thieves Anne Ursu 2006
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At the sight of the packages Philonecron let out what can only be called a squeal—as if he were a young girl on Christmas morning rushing to the tree to find a golden-haired puppy while a hush of snow fell over the world.
The Shadow Thieves Anne Ursu 2006
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At the sight of the packages Philonecron let out what can only be called a squeal—as if he were a young girl on Christmas morning rushing to the tree to find a golden-haired puppy while a hush of snow fell over the world.
The Shadow Thieves Anne Ursu 2006
reesetee commented on the word squeal
Squid wheel.
March 14, 2008
kayo commented on the word squeal
high pitch crying
May 16, 2009
abigail commented on the word squeal
I think of a pig when I read this.
March 30, 2010