[
US
/ˈskwiɫ/
]
[ UK /skwˈiːl/ ]
[ UK /skwˈiːl/ ]
NOUN
- a high-pitched howl
VERB
- utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs
- confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
How To Use squeal In A Sentence
- A great splosh to their left caused them again to stop in their tracks and the Countess let out a little squeal. THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY
- Regin downshifted, tires squealing as she swerved to dodge a roadkill-bound possum. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
- The belt may make a squealing noise and throw off sooty black particles of rubber.
- The four friends are squealing with excitement. Times, Sunday Times
- The pig rose squealing and bolted.
- ‘I want to go back to when things were so simple’ sings Weiss in a high-pitched hillbilly squeal on ‘Piggly Wiggly’.
- The volume of nursery-squealing was like flocking starlings; it was a mass table-hop murmuration — with nothing to eat. Times, Sunday Times
- Children were running around squealing with excitement.
- Alice squealed with sheer delight when she saw the monkeys.
- The radio erupts in squeals of delight. Times, Sunday Times
