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as in to talk
to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities
that stool pigeon squealed to the police about the whole smuggling operation
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as in to shriek
to cry out loudly and emotionally
the child squealed with frustration
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as in to complain
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
hoped that a DVD player in the backseat would keep the kids from squealing about long car rides
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as in screech
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Recent Examples of squeal
Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 26 Dec. 2024
Case in point: their squealing delight at dying as if they’ve been let into the sickest after-hours club in history.
—Graham Techler, Vulture, 28 June 2024
Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2024
Each building, when pressed on, added a different sound to the music, evoking squeals and chuckles.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 21 June 2024
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Verb
But seeing my son squeal over those ribbons of orange tickets streaming out was delightful.
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At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd.
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Backstreet Boys talk Las Vegas Sphere residency Support the Short List andbecome a USA TODAY digital subscriber today.—
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Blessed to be here right now, to be a free man talking to y’all.—
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Democrats will shriek about draconian spending cuts, but the instructions the House has given are modest — really, too modest, if the goal is to change the long-run trajectory of the federal debt.—
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No wonder, then, that every appearance on that first two-week visit by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Starr was met by shrieking teenagers, signs of what became known as Beatlemania.—
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For nothing is more European, at least in today’s Europe, than being bullied by Russia while complaining about the United States.—
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Developers themselves have complained that their companies are not doing enough to weed out harassment online.—
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
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Following a close race that left the country in stasis for a month as votes were recounted, Bush did manage to squeak out a win and the dire situation Carvey’s H.W. could’ve prevented with one single shot seemed to come to fruition with the attack on 9/11.—
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The margin was still 16 in the second half before an 18-0 Aztecs run squeaked out a three-point win.—
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Preston Turano, a veterinarian and spokesperson at Felix Cat Insurance, told Newsweek that yelling, screaming, and physical punishment should never be used when training or communicating with your cat.—
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Moments after an emphatic two-handed jam in the closing seconds that sealed Sherman Oaks Notre Dame’s 68-61 upset of Harvard-Westlake on Friday night in Studio City, Tyran Stokes clenched both fists, turned toward his teammates and screamed at the top of his lungs.—
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Rather than obediently following instructions, the Labrador made his displeasure known in an unmistakably human-like manner—growling, whining and huffing in defiance while facing his owners.—
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My advice to Democratic voters is to stop your whining about everything and save your complaints for the midterm election.—
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
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“Squeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squeal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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