to squeal
22
6.8
- verb
- /skwiːl/
- Slang
:
soplar
- Time for you to start squealing.
- squeal on friends
- squeal on this guy
- make him squeal
OK, now if they both squeal, they both get five years.
- OK, now if they both squeal, they both get five years.
- And then what do you learn to make him squeal?
- Well, I'm just, I'm curious, but they they've, they've tell the the migrants, if you rat me out, if you squeal, they're not going to get paid.
- I understand when I went to prison, but when it was my team to be taxed, when it was my team to be robbed, I didn't squeal.
Examples
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Rachel had two rules for her kids: no one squeals, and no one goes near drugs.
Fiction book (2001) -
We'll get you in a tough spot and you'll squeal.
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- Are you gonna squeal on me?
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If he squeals, let him go.
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- You ain't gonna squeal this one, brother.
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And let me tell you, if anyone was going to squeal, it would be that Agnes.
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I never squealed on anybody in my life, and I ain't squealing now.
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"Nice to know your frigging conscience wouldn't worry you none for squealing on your own kind," Jobber said hotly.
Fiction book (1991) -
When the police arrived, he decided to squeal on his accomplices to avoid jail time.
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To save himself, he was quick to squeal on others involved in the scheme.
Synonyms
576
3.0
To say you did something wrong or illegal
2
9.6
To tell the police or boss about someone because of pressure
Antonyms
How Cooperative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Squeal in the sense 'to tell on someone' grew from the idea of a loud cry that draws attention. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a pig 'squealing' and giving itself away, so to squeal on someone is to 'give them away' to the police or other authorities.