squealer
IPA: skwˈiɫɝ
noun
- Any animal or person who squeals.
- A pig.
- (slang) An informant.
- (informal, Canada, US, Australia) A kind of jug used to carry beer having 1 litre or 32 ounce capacity (half the size of a growler).
- Anything that makes a squealing noise.
- The European swift.
- The harlequin duck.
- The American golden plover.
- A young pigeon.
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Examples of "squealer" in Sentences
- Squealer is a perfect example of this literary device.
- Squealer delivers a phony speech claiming it to be untrue.
- The Little Squealer line has been a great success for the company.
- Squealer may specifically represent the state run newspaper Pravda.
- Also introduced is Squealer a porker pig skilled in the art of persuasion.
- Many different things inspired me in the design of the Squealer paper toy.
- It was surrounded by a portrait of Napoleon drawn by Squealer in white paint.
- This, however, he promptly refused to do -- he was no "squealer," and indicated as much to
- * A stool-pigeon is a thief in the pay of the police; a squealer is a grafter who betrays his brother.
- While I understand "squealer" is a regional term, it is used to describe a catfish that is a 1/2lb. or less.
- When my grandmother was still able to cook a large meal my granddad and I would go catch about 50 "squealer" catfish.
- But the horrors of life in prison for the "squealer" were thoroughly familiar to him when he elected to do what he could to atone for his crime.
- And even if they killed him now, Brennan and the "Gallant kid" would know that he died trying to protect them, that he wasn't a contemptible "squealer" after all.
- MIDRAND, South Africa April 7 (Reuter) - Nelson Mandela on Thursday dismissed white President F. W de Klerk as a "squealer" of South Africa's election campaign and his National Party (NP) as the mouse.
- In buildings with newer fire alarm systems, for instance, alarm "squealer" covers have been placed on the manual pull stations and areas equipped with security cameras have seen a reduction in malicious fire alarms.