squeal
[verb]
Synonyms: scream, screech, shriek, wail, yell

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Related Idioms: squeal like a stuck pig, raise a howl, scream bloody murder
Related Words: creak, grate, rasp, bitch, bleat, complain, gripe, squawk

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. squeal¹ /skwiːl/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Origin: From the sound]

1. [intransitive and transitive] to make a long loud high sound or cry ⇒ scream
squeal with/in
The children squealed with delight.
They drove off, tyres squealing.
‘Let me go!’ she squealed.

2. [intransitive + on] informal to tell the police or someone in authority about someone you know who has done something wrong Synonym : inform

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. squeal² noun [countable]
a long loud high sound or cry ⇒ scream
squeal of
She gave a squeal of laughter.
There was a squeal of brakes.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

squeal
noun
ADJ. little | high-pitched
VERB + SQUEAL give, let out She gave a little squeal of delight.
hear
PREP. with a ~ The car stopped with a squeal of brakes.
~ of
PHRASES the squeal of brakes, a squeal of delight
 ⇒ Note at SOUND

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