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adjective

as in shrill

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squealing

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verb

present participle of squeal
1
as in talking
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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2
as in shrieking
to cry out loudly and emotionally the child squealed with frustration

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3
as in screaming
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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Recent Examples of squealing
Verb
Cannon said before pretending to jab his arm with a dosage while squealing from the pain and showing his vaccination card. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 In the clip, Niney is pictured talking calmly on his cell phone as Gasly races around him in the Alpine car, squealing the tires. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 Pigs that were being hauled by the semi could be heard squealing at the scene. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 23 June 2026 Automatic weapons blasting, tires squealing, the whole bit. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 There were no odd noises or squealing bearings to indicate the fan was having trouble. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026 The first twenty minutes involve longtime Holzinger mentor-cum–ensemble member Renée Copraij spanking the gleefully squealing Annina Machaz. — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026 The adults settle into seats facing each other while children from different families run behind them, squealing, playing, crying. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026 Or is Emily Flippen to blame for all of this for squealing to Rizo that Dee told her about his idol? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squealing
  1. shrill
  2. talking
  3. shrieking
  4. screaming
  5. strident
  6. squeaking
  7. yelling
  8. complaining
Adjective
  • That trademark indecision of summer takes root in her words and spreads through the music until her vocals diverge in the chorus, peeling like a clementine’s skin as one shrill line scales upward and the other remains monotone.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
  • On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of shrill
Verb
  • Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has been talking a big game for months about fighting inflation, but failure to signal an intention to follow through soon has Wall Street questioning his commitment to price stability.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Slot has stayed quiet and out of the limelight since he was sacked by Liverpool a week after the end of his second season in charge, instead choosing to do the talking in his own head.
    — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of talking
Verb
  • The other customers cowered in the corners, while crowds formed at the windows outside, shrieking and recording the scene on their phones.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Kids are shrieking through their favorite splash pads, faces sticky with Bomb Pop juice and joy.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of shrieking
Verb
  • After securing the victory over Argentina on Sunday, Yamal’s little brother, Keyne, could be seen running straight into his soccer star brother’s arms and screaming with joy over the win.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • The key is to train the mind to relax, just chill, even though somebody’s at the doorbell, even though somebody’s walking into the kitchen, little kids screaming through the house.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Definition of screaming
Adjective
  • Over the past 10 years, the misogyny of the manosphere has become more open and strident, but the big innovation seems to have been combining that conspiratorial misogyny with earnest self-help advice.
    — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
  • The strident capabilities of harness engineering can greatly aid AI that is providing mental health guidance, but if the capabilities are weak or poorly implemented, the AI will be undercut in attempting to give mental health advice.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
Definition of strident
Verb
  • So everyone’s just barely squeaking by.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
  • But in early June last year, the Red Sox entered a series in New York at 30-34, nine games behind the first-place Yankees, before going 10-3 in their next 13 games, finishing the year on a 59-39 run and squeaking into the playoffs.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 June 2026
Definition of squeaking
Verb
  • Instead, the calls were about, for example, a homeless person who fell asleep in a store, a person who seemed confused in a public park, and someone who was yelling at passersby on the street.
    — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026
  • An intruder allegedly confronted Craig, yelling racial slurs.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Definition of yelling
Verb
  • The most dangerous toxic candidates are rarely the people who spend the interview openly complaining that their last boss was an idiot.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Khan’s lawyers criticized the process leading to his ouster, complaining that he was blocked from addressing the session Friday and arguing the regulations had been rewritten to disadvantage him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Definition of complaining

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