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squeal

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1. squeal - Noun

2. squeal - Verb

Meaning

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

To turn informer; to betray a secret.

A shrill, somewhat prolonged cry.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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They use everything about the hog except the squeal. Upton Sinclair

Light gatherer. You fell from a star into my lap, the soft lamp at the bedside mirrored in you, and now you shine like a snowgirl, a buttercup under a chin, the wide blue yonder you squeal at and fly in. Carol Ann Duffy

I keep the wolf from the door But he calls me up Calls me on the phone Tells me all the ways that he's gonna mess me up Steal all my children If I don't pay the ransom And I'll never see 'em again If I squeal to the cops. Thom Yorke

People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach. Carrie Fisher

Throughout my college years, I'd watch my sister squeal every Christmas as she unwrapped another 'Buffy' DVD set. I didn't know much about the series, but I was filled with that obnoxious self-importance that comes from having decided to be an Academic Who Reads Serious Things. Marie Rutkoski

He was my favorite senator... I love him. He made the liberals squeal. Robert Novak

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