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present participle of squeal
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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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squealing

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adjective

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Recent Examples of squealing
Adjective
One of the first major highlights showed the moment Mei Xiang birthed a squealing Xiao Qi Ji and cradled her newborn cub. Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squealing
Verb
  • These parables sometimes read like gibberish, talking both down and up to the reader.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And its representatives are talking a big game about making the country a wellspring of world-class AI companies.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And while the film’s metaphor seems to indicate that Jesse’s burgeoning sexuality is something to fear, the ridiculousness of the dialogue and Patton’s shrieking performance make this a perverse camp classic.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Guadagnino encourages our doubts, shooting Maggie in exaggerated horror-movie closeups set to the doomy bass notes and shrieking winds of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now, Darvish will get to pitch in front of a stadium of screaming, hopeful, nervous Cubs fans.
    Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There’s screaming electric guitar AND an orchestra.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Arriving in January, the California Post will be Murdoch’s transplant of his right-leaning tabloid the New York Post, replete with shrill headlines and randy gossip.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
  • One option is to simply double down on the existing approach and become shriller.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Spray it on a squeaking door hinge, drawer, or otherwise to make opening and closing it smoother and quieter.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Now, Florida-Online is squeaking in before UF.
    Francesca Walton, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There was yelling, taunting and cursing from fans.
    Bob Harkins, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Especially the guy who was yelling at him on media day.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And the truth is, other nations should stop complaining — and start learning.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Thus, unlike disgruntled newspaper readers, whose only resort was to write an angry letter to the editor, radio listeners could now vent their frustrations by going over the heads of a local affiliate and complaining directly to the government.
    Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Carney won an election in April with a strident message for Canadians, warning that theirrelationship with America would change dramatically in the coming years.
    Paula Newton, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For days, the National Weather Service had been issuing increasingly strident warnings.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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“Squealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squealing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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