Meaning

5 senses
  1. Any animal or person who squeals.

  2. A pig.

  3. (slang)An informant.

  4. (Australia, Canada, US, informal)A kind of jug used to carry beer having 1 litre or 32 ounce capacity (half the size of a growler).

  5. Anything that makes a squealing noise.

More definitions
  • domestic swine
  • one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

Examples

3 sentences
  1. I'm not a squealer.

    Я не ябеда. — deniko

  2. Tom is a squealer.

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  3. He's a squealer!

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Origin

From squeal + -er.

From squeal + -er.

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Forms

plural: squealers
Singularsquealer
Pluralsquealers

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsqueal

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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