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verb

Squeal v. i. (past & past part. squealed; pres. part. squealing)

To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.

To turn informer; to betray a secret. (Slang)

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Etymology of 'Squealing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Squealing" Quotes from Famous Books

... fleas, rats, squalling cats, dog-fights, squealing of horses, and braying of donkeys, lamp-smoke, and heat or cold, the hours passed by Caper in Gigi's old barracks were among the pleasantest of his Roman life. There was such novelty, variety, and brilliancy in the costumes ...

— Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1. • Various

... gathered about the trough, protesting the distribution of their evening meal, squealing "Graft" and calling for a commission to settle it. The lady took no notice of them. They could settle it among themselves. They did not need to eat at all if they didn't want to. She should worry. It was take it or leave it—for all ...

— Three Times and Out • Nellie L. McClung

... coat and hat, and in a glow of self-satisfaction I walked out into the night. "A delightful evening," I reflected, "the nicest kind of people. What I said about finance and French philosophy impressed them; and how they laughed when I imitated a pig squealing." ...

— Trivia • Logan Pearsall Smith

... bobbing about a pen in the big barn. In the pen were thirteen small pigs, all squealing as only small pigs ...

— Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various

... (as they say) a word and a blow, and the blow first—made a dash at Snap, and Snap taking to his heels, the gentleman flung his carpet-bag after him. The bottle of shaving-cream hit upon a stone and was smashed. The heel of the boot caught Snap on the back and sent him squealing to the kitchen. And he never ...

— Last Words - A Final Collection of Stories • Juliana Horatia Ewing

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