squeal
/skwil/ verb C2- To scream with a shrill, prolonged sound.
- To make a squealing noise. (of an object) · The brakes squeal terribly.
- To give sensitive information about someone to a third party; to rat on someone. · You'd better not squeal on me to the cops.
He/she/it squeals · Past squealed · Past participle squealed · -ing form squealing
Verb forms
- Base form
- squeal
- He/she/it
- squeals
- Past
- squealed
- Past participle
- squealed
- -ing form
- squealing
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Mother Wolf lay with her big gray nose dropped across her four tumbling, squealing cubs, and the moon shone into the mouth of the cave where they all lived.
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