to squeal
61
3.0
- verb
- /skwiːl/
:
chillar
- When I surprised her with the puppy, she squealed in excitement.
- squeal with delight
- tires squeal
- pigs squeal
But if you have watched it, please squeal with me in the comments.
- But if you have watched it, please squeal with me in the comments.
- And if these two don't make you squeal like a little piggy, then nothing else will.
- And they they start and then I bit this guy and he squealed.
- I actually like I squawked, I squealed.
- Her baseline levels of dopamine were clearly up, so much so that when she saw her friends, she literally started squealing.
- Damn, sorry, I think I squealed.
Examples
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Hundreds of mice squeal in their cages, upset by the invasion of men and light.
Fiction book (1991) -
Hold onto that fence and just squeal like a pig.
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And then something squealed directly in front of me.
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As she nears the end, she squeals with delight, interrupting quiet reading time.
Academic text (1994) -
Under his right arm, he was holding a child, a kicking, squealing, chubby, redheaded bundle of delighted struggle.
Fiction book (1991) -
The children squealed with delight when the ice cream truck arrived.
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As the roller coaster dropped, the riders squealed in fear and joy.
Synonyms
596
1.0
A loud high cry made when someone is afraid or hurt
86
4.0
To make a loud, high, sharp sound that startles people
82
1.4
To make a short high sound when things move or rub together
72
2.9
To make a loud high sound often because of fear, pain or excitement
47
7.0
To make a high thin sound like a small bird or child
18
2.6
To make a long high, unpleasant sound like a machine
18
6.0
To make a loud high sound like a hen or laugh in a loud harsh way
16
4.7
To make a loud, harsh cry like a bird
3
4.8
To make a very high, sharp sound often as a cry
2
6.1
To make a short low sound like a pig
2
7.2
To make a loud high sound like a baby or bird
To make a short, high, harsh sound like an owl or old gate
To make a loud, high, harsh sound like a scream
Antonyms
How High-Pitched
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squeal comes from copying that same loud, sharp 'high-pitched' noise, like a pig or a car's brakes. So to squeal (the verb) is to make that long, high sound of fear, pain, or excitement.