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Squeal   /skwil/   Listen
noun
Squeal  n.  A shrill, sharp, somewhat prolonged cry.


verb
Squeal  v. i.  (past & past part. squealed; pres. part. squealing)  
1.
To cry with a sharp, shrill, prolonged sound, as certain animals do, indicating want, displeasure, or pain.
2.
To turn informer; to betray a secret. (Slang)





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"Squeal" Quotes from Famous Books



... Frank!" he exclaimed. "It's the whole gang, and Diamond is with them. He means to force you to fight or squeal!" ...
— Frank Merriwell at Yale • Burt L. Standish
... horizon like the reflection of a distant fire, while an owl hooted close by from a tree and then flew with a lurch across the meadow, evidently to the destruction of some small creature, for a squeal accompanied the swoop. A mysterious thing, this flight of the owl: the wings did not flap, there was no sound, merely the ...
— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright
... they were sitting in the parish house. Delight had been filling out Sunday-school reports to parents, an innovation she detested. For a little while there was only the scratching of her pen to be heard and an occasional squeal from the church proper, where the organ was being repaired. The rector sat back in his chair, his fingertips together, and whistled noiselessly, a habit of his when he was disturbed. Now and then he glanced at Delight's ...
— Dangerous Days • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... cried. "If I find any other wretched creature's clothes hanging on my peg, I'll—" then she stopped suddenly, darted forward with a squeal of delight, and closed the door behind her. She was not hidden more than a minute, but in effect it seemed to have been a long, long time, for when the door reopened, the French hat had disappeared, and ...
— More About Peggy • Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey
... the button as if he couldn't believe his ears. Betty, taking Sure Pop at his word, grabbed the button and laid it to her ear. She gave a squeal of delight. ...
— Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts • Roy Rutherford Bailey


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