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To make a long, high-pitched cry or noise
“An infant may squeal in apparent delight with a smile in one instance, but also squeal in frustration with a frown on another occasion.”
To make a sharp grating or squeaking sound
“The hinges squeal again as the door is shut.”
To inform on someone to the police or a person in authority
“Your regular man got hit with a gram, and the son of a gun started to squeal.”
To complain or protest about something, especially in a high-pitched voice or tone
“I will remind the House that no Member of the then Opposition thought fit to squeal about the lack of objectivity in those statements.”
To admit that one has committed a crime or wrongdoing
To disclose or reveal information, sometimes reluctantly
To reveal confidential or sensitive information
To emit a characteristic sound like a pig's grunt
A short, snorting sound made by pigs
Plural for a long, high-pitched cry or noise
“Lauren prepares a smart reply, but she is stopped when the brakes of the elevator squeal and it grinds to a halt, sending the pair flying backwards into the wall.”
Plural for a complaint or protestation, especially one made in a high-pitched voice or tone
“In the usual tabloid-honored fashion, he also had a squeal about the excesses seen in recent years of people on benefits living in houses that those in work could not afford.”
Plural for the imparting or exchange of previously undisclosed information
Plural for a low creaking sound made by an object under pressure
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